Description
• Succulent
• Green to purple stems of rounded segments
• Prostrate to erect growth form
• Stems covered with sharp to barbed spines
• Yellow flowers
Flowering Times
• Late spring to summer
Control Measure
• Mechanical
• Herbicide
• Biological
Problems
• Injury to humans and domestic animals
• Readily spread by fragments attaching to vehicles, machinery
• Threat to agriculture industry
• Displaces native plants and animals
