Flora of North America species comparison

segments green, broadly oblong to ovate to narrowly elliptic, (20–)4–60 × 2–3+ cm, low tuberculate;

areoles 7–11 per diagonal row across midstem segment, rhombic to subcircular, 2–4(–5) mm diam.;

wool brown.

segments not easily detached, dark dull green, often cross wrinkled when stressed, flattened, obovate to circular, 5–11 × 3.5–7.5 cm, fleshy (to flabby and cross wrinkled when stressed), tuberculate, glaucous;

areoles 5–6(–8) per diagonal row across midstem segment, oval to subcircular, 2–4 mm diam.;

wool tan.

1–6 per areole, absent or very highly reduced, or in marginal to nearly all areoles, erect to spreading, whitish, tan, or brown, setaceous only or setaceous and subulate, straight to slightly curved, basally angular-flattened, 1–10(–40) mm; 0–2 small bristlelike deflexed spines to 5 mm.

(0–)1–4 per areole, usually in distal areoles, erect to spreading, white to red-brown, acicular, straight, terete or 1 flattened, ± stout (0.5 mm diam. at base), longest to 60 mm.

along adaxial margin of areole and small, inconspicuous tuft, yellowish, aging brown, less than 2 mm.

in dense tuft, pale yellow, tan to red-brown, aging brown, to 5 mm.

inner tepals yellow to orange throughout, 25–50 mm;

filaments and anthers yellow;

style bright red;

stigma lobes yellow.

inner tepals yellow with red basal portions, 25–40 mm;

filaments pale yellow;

anthers yellow;

style white;

stigma lobes cream to yellowish.

yellow to orange to purple, 50–100 × 40–90 mm, fleshy to ± juicy, glabrous, usually spineless;

areoles 45–60, evenly distributed on fruit.

green to yellowish to dull red, stipitate, elongate-obovoid, 25–40 × 15–28 mm, fleshy, glabrous;

areoles 16–28.

pale tan, subcircular, 4–5 mm diam., warped;

girdle protruding to 1 mm.

tan, subcircular, 4–5 mm, thickish, warped;

girdle broad, protruding to 0.5 mm.

= 88.

= 44.