Wheel cactus
Opuntia robusta
Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
- Flower nameWheel cactus
- Scientific nameOpuntia robusta
- Alias食用団扇仙人掌, Wheel cactus, ウチワサボテン, オプンティア・ロブスタ, ダイオウウチワ
- Place of originWest Indies
- Place of floweringGarden
- Flowering seasonJune, July, August
What is Wheel cactus
Wheel cactus, scientific name:Opuntia robusta , is a herbaceous and shrub of the Department Cactaceae, of Opuntia Cactus perennial native to West Indies. No, because the Cactus leaf has degenerated. Cooking fan area and known as the fruit is edible. Stem band white turquoise round, fleshy, spines.
Summer yellow flowers bloom in the shoot apex.
Common name: Wheel cactus, scientific name:Opuntia robusta, also known as:Wheel cactus, edible prickly pear cactus, Opuntia Robusta, origin: West Indies, Environment: sunny, well-drained location dry, stem diameter: 30 cm, stem shape: round, stem thickness: 2 cm, stem surface spines of at 5 cm. Flowering period: June - August, flower color: yellow, flowers bloom: Apex
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
- GenusOpuntia
- SpeciesO. robusta
- Type of flowerRadial symmetrical flower
- Array of flowerMonopetal inflorescence
- Petal shapeMulti-petaled
- Leaf type
- Edge of the leafOther
- Life typePerennial Herbs • Shrubs
- Flower colors
- Colors of the leavesGreen
- Fruit colorGreen
- Height10.0 ~ 1000.0 cm
- Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 10.0 cm
