Opuntia rufida
Blind Cactus at Bruce, ACT
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| Opuntia rufida | MichaelMulvaney | 2 Dec 2019 | |
| Opuntia elata | AlisonMilton | 23 Nov 2019 |
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Not sure whether to call this one plant or multiple. Growing right down the slope.
2 comments
3 Dec 2019
Although it keys out as Opuntia elate on Plantnet - the lack of spines and finely and regularly spaced pits and teh reddish colour of teh hairs suggests blind cactus, so named as the fine easily separated hairs can blind cattle. This looks like a planted specimen - what were they thinking?
3 Dec 2019
I'd say it was planted also. Not the first time I've seen similar plants deliberately planted outside of a suburban yard. I dug up all the ones I found along the verge of Kingsford-Smith Drive in Hawker some years ago.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.076520-35.242802
- Altitude 604.6m
- Maps Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 25 Aug 2019 02:16 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Opuntia rufida Scientific name
- Blind Cactus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- 598.06m to 604.6m Recorded at altitude
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