The easternmost population of Opuntia fragilis occurs on a remote rock outcrop in Eastern Ontario. The Kaladar population is located almost 1,000 km away from its nearest neighbor and has recovered from previous vandalism. Recent visits to this site have discovered a plant producing flowers with viable pollen, but without carpels.
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1 February 2015
Imperfect Flowers of Opuntia fragilis in Kaladar, Ontario
Yaseen Mottiar,
Paul D.J. Chafe ,
Eric Ribbens
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Haseltonia
Vol. 2015 • No. 20
February 2015
Vol. 2015 • No. 20
February 2015
Cactaceae
imperfect flower
Opuntia fragilis
Opuntioideae