Flora of North America species comparison

segments often easily dislodged, if terminal, green or purple, 5–13 × 1.8–3 cm;

tubercles prominent, broadly oval, 0.7–1.2(–1.5) cm;

areoles obdeltate to rhombic, 4.5–6 × 3–5 mm;

wool yellow, aging gray to black.

(5–)8–15(–30) per areole or spineless to nearly spineless, usually at most areoles, not obscuring stems, spreading, straight or slightly curved, silver to yellow to usually ± red or tan to brown, stout, terete or sometimes flattened basally, 8–30(–40) mm subequal;

sheaths silver to yellow to usually tan to dirty white, yellow tipped.

0–8(–13) per areole, sometimes with 1–3 bristlelike spines along areole margins at most areoles, usually slightly interlacing with spines of adjacent areoles, yellowish to tan, sometimes with pinkish hue, to red-brown and partially gray coated, aging brown-gray to gray;

major abaxial spines angular-flattened, usually reflexed, the longest to 30 mm;

major adaxial spines subterete, erect-divergent, the longest to 18 mm;

sheaths uniformly whitish or tipped yellow to gold, slightly baggy.

in dense adaxial tuft, pale yellow, 0.5–3 mm.

in inconspicuous adaxial crescent, yellow, to 1 mm.

inner tepals dark pink to magenta to red-magenta, obovate, apiculate, 15–35 mm;

filaments green basally to pink to magenta distally;

anthers yellow;

style light green basally or pink to red-magenta apically;

stigma lobes green or cream.

inner tepals rose to magenta, spatulate, 18–25(–30) mm, emarginate-apiculate;

filaments deep rose;

anthers yellow;

style white, tinged red-purple distally;

stigma lobes white with hint of green.

not proliferating, yellow, obovoid, 24–45 × 20–40 mm, fleshy, tuberculate, spineless;

areoles 18–30;

tubercles nearly equal in length or longer in proximal portion of fruit, prominent (occasionally smooth at maturity);

umbilicus 7–14 mm deep.

usually sterile, sometimes forming short chains, yellow-green to yellow, sometimes purplish, 25–45 × 15–22 mm, fleshy, tuberculate, spineless;

tubercles progressively longer toward fruit apex;

umbilicus 4–7 mm deep;

areoles 32–44.

yellow-tan, subcircular to angled, warped, 2.5–4 mm diam., sides smooth to slightly lumpy;

girdle usually narrow, not protruding.

pale yellow, orbicular to angular or squarish in outline, flattened to warped, 3.5–4 × 3–4 mm, sides with 0–2 large depressions;

hilum sometimes pointed;

girdle smooth.

= 22, 33.