General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 68-86 degrees F
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds may be extremely slow to germinate
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Other: Individual pads form new plants; they must dry and callous for 10 days before planting
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Copana
  • Espina
  • Kepo
  • Q'epo
  • Puscaya
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. boliviana
  • Synonym: Opuntia fulvicoma
  • Synonym: Opuntia pyrrhacantha
  • Synonym: Cumulopuntia recurvata
  • Synonym: Cumulopuntia fulvicoma
  • Synonym: Cumulopuntia galerasensis
  • Synonym: Cumulopuntia pyrrhacantha
  • Synonym: Maihueniopsis boliviana

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Location: Botanical Garden of Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-09-28

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