Violet Prickly Pear (Opuntia gosseliniana)

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Apr 06, 2004

Violet Prickly Pear
Opuntia gosseliniana

New colorful pads growing in March, Pasadena California

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) May 29, 2005

This is O. gosseliniana.
This plant is being passed off as Opuntia santa-rita all the time and just about everywhere.

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 12, 2005

Palmbob,
This is a photo of O. gosseliniana, not O. santa-rita.

O. gosseliniana has plain yellow flowers, O. santa-rita has yellow flowers with a bright red base.
O. santa-rita's new pads start out greenish then turn purpleish with age. O. gosseliniana's new pads start out purpleish then turn greenish with age.
O. gosseliniana gets to about 3.3 feet high, wilst Opuntia santa-rita gets to about 6.6 feet high and has larger pads.



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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Dec 01, 2006

Would you like this photo moved to the correct entry page?
Located here: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/85320/index.html

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Dec 01, 2006

yes

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Baa Dec 01, 2006

Thank you both, we've moved the image for you.

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