Common name: Yellow Bunny Ears, Goldplush, Teddy Bear Cactus
Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff. APNI* 
Description: Shrub mostly < 60 cm high, usually low and creeping. Segments oblong, compressed, 10–15 cm long, 6–12 cm wide, velvety to pubescent. Areoles small, numerous in conspicuous tufts, usually 5–10 mm apart; glochids 5–10 mm long, golden-brown; spines absent.
Flowers 3–5 cm diam., yellow or tinged with red.
Fruit ± globose, c. 3 cm diam., red.
Distribution and occurrence: Garden escape, not widely naturalized, recorded near Cuttabri and Narrabri. Native of southern U.S.A. & Mexico.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *CWS, *NWP
Other Australian states: *S.A.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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