Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, United States — CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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Survives zone 4 through 9
Small red-purple fleshy fruit, edible and among the better-flavoured hedgehog-cactus fruits — a trailside snack rather than a harvest crop. ⚠ Brush off the fine spines (glochids) before handling.
- Hardiness
- Zone 4 to 9
- Habit
- Groundcover
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer–autumn
- Mature size
- Low/spreading; EXCELLENT in containers
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8.0 (neutral–alkaline, sharp drainage)
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Hummingbird- and bee-pollinated (red tubular flowers)