Showing posts with label Cactaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cactaceae. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Desert Rose (Leuenbergeria bleo)

An introduced shrub native to Panama, Columbia and Venezuela. Cultivated in home gardens as an ornamental. 

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

පතොක් [Pathok]Velvet opuntia/Nopales opuntia (Opuntia cochenillifera)

An introduced high-growing cactus native to Southern Mexico. Cultivated in gardens as an ornamental and also as a hedge plant.

Saturday, February 13, 2016

පතොක් [Pathok]/Pricky pear (Opuntia monacantha)

An introduced ornamental cactus native to tropical North America. Cultivated and also escaped and naturalized along roadsides of the dry zone.

Sunday, July 7, 2013

කටු පතොක්/Katu Pathok (Opuntia dillenii)


Native to the South America. Introduced as an ornamental plant and now naturalized common weed in sandy places of dry and arid zone especially in Bundala and Yala national parks.  Fruit edible.