Blake Pricklypear

Rose, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 12: 402, 1909 Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium. Original Description What is Opuntia blakeana? A small, low, spreading prickly-pear recognized from the greater Tucson area of the Sonoran Desert. This treatment regards it as distinct based on its consistently modest habit and expression of small to medium,