Hudson Pear at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Cylindropuntia pallida | 11 Nov 2016 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Cylindropuntia pallida | 11 Nov 2016 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Maihuenia sp. | 29 Oct 2016 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Cylindropuntia tunicata | 29 Oct 2016 | ACTBioSecurity | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Oct 2016 | ACTBioSecurity |
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User's notes
Cylindropuntia species - maybe C.tunicata (brown-spined Hudson pear)
4 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
30 Oct 2016
The spines look too robust and close together for Cylindropuntia, not that I know very much about the less common cacti. Mahuenica is a possibility. This is the Wikipedia article, a stub unfortunately. The genus is a cold weather cactus. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maihuenia
ACTBioSecurity
wrote:
30 Oct 2016
I see what you mean - very intetesting - will keep an eye on it for flowers/fruit and collect for id
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102894-35.323232
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 29 Oct 2016 12:00 AM Recorded on
- ACTBioSecurity Recorded by
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Plants Cacti & Succulents ACTBioSecurity
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Cylindropuntia pallida Scientific name
- Hudson Pear Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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