Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Andrés Ibáñez Prov.

• Locality

  Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz, 12 km. E of center of Santa Cruz on road to Cotoca

• Elevation

  Alt. 375 m. (1230 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17.77, -63.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

TSb 5 SA
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Cactaceae
Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill,
det. R. Vasquez, 1994
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Andrés Ibáñez, Jardín
Botánico de Santa Cruz, 12 km. E of center of
Santa Cruz on road to Cotoca.
17°46’S, 63°04’W. alt. 375 m.
Ornamental cultivated at Jardín Botánico. Shrub
2.5 m. tall, with woody trunk and many branches.
Flowers odorless; ovary green; tepals red; stamens
a slightly darker red; stigmas yellow-green.
Coll.: M. Nee 45372
25 July 1994
03860940