{"id":5821,"date":"2012-03-10T16:58:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T21:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opuntiads.com?page_id=5821"},"modified":"2020-02-09T08:43:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T13:43:04","slug":"cylindropuntia-versicolor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/cylindropuntia-versicolor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cylindropuntia versicolor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Engelmann ex J.M. Coulter. 1896. Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 3: 452.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen <\/a>(G. <\/em>\u00d7tetracantha<\/em>); Drawing<\/a> (Britton and Rose v1, 1919)<\/p>\n

Original description<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Flora of North America treatment<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

What is Cylindropuntia versicolor?<\/em><\/h3>\n

Cylindropuntia versicolor<\/em> is a Sonoran desert cholla growing from central Arizona to southern Sonora, Mexico. It grows in desert scrub, flats, washes, rocky hillsides, and canyons from approximately 600 to 1300 m elevation.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h4>\n

G. versicolor<\/em> is an openly-branching, tree-like species growing to 2 m tall, although individuals up to 4 m tall have been found. The stems are fairly firmly attached and range from 4 to 18 cm long by 1 to 2 cm wide. The areoles have 6 to 8 spines, which can be white, pink, red-brown, or grey. The spine sheaths are gray and often tipped brown or yellow. The flowers are yellowish-green, yellow, bronze, rose, or magenta with yellow-green filaments and white styles and stigmas. The fruits are yellow-green to red-purple and form chains. The fruits are often stalked and are leathery to fleshy and spineless. G. versicolor<\/em> is diploid (2n = 22)<\/p>\n

G. versicolor<\/em> hybridizes with several other Cylindropuntia<\/em> species including G. acanthocarpa<\/em> var. major<\/em>, G. leptocaulis<\/em>, G. arbuscula<\/em> (G.<\/em> \u00d7vivipera<\/em>), and G. spinosior<\/em> (G. <\/em>\u00d7granitorum<\/em>). Like many plant species, G. versicolor<\/em> may itself be of hybrid origin, and ongoing DNA analysis at the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona may elucidate its parentage. <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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