Canyon Pricklypear

Canyon Pricklypear

Opuntia canada

Opuntia canada, Canyon Pricklypear

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Griffiths, Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 90, 1909 Holotype; Topotype; Herbarium (as O. engelmannii); Painting Original Description What is Opuntia canada? Opuntia canada is a large, erect, ascending cactus that grows in far southern Arizona. It is a compact-appearing pricklypear.  Details O. canada grows in thickets or singly. This Opuntia may reach 1 m in […]

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Opuntia polyacantha erinaceae

Opuntia polyacantha, Common Pricklypear

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Haworth, Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum 82, 1819 Original Description What is Opuntia polyacantha? Opuntia polyacantha is a variable pricklypear cactus ranging from Mexico near California, to Texas, to the Rocky Mountain states, the Great Plains, and north into Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 2018, a disjunct population was discovered in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario, Canada. This pricklypear

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