Family:

Cactaceae

Location:

Gardens

Growth habit:

succulent (shrub-like), woody in the basal parts

Plant size:

2 - 5 m

Flower colour:

yellow, orange

Flowering time

April - June

Leaf characteristics:

limp leaflets

Flower characteristics:

6 - 10 cm tall, lemon-yellow corolla, cup-shaped

Fruits:

Drupe, 1-3 cm in size, black-blue when ripe

Special features:

small barbed bristles and < 1 cm long spines; fruit edible, naturalised species from Central and North America, used in the Canary Islands and North Africa for breeding cochineal lice (carmine red colour)