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Prickley Pear Catcus

Photo by p.young713
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Growing wild in the woods.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
p.young713
Yes, I will do that! I think it is such a pretty Cactus!
alicelongmartin
On a family trip West when I was a girl, my father collected a Prickly Pear Cactus in Kansasfor me to take home to Indiana and got a lot of prickles in his hand. You could likely transplant a piece to your yard.

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Flowers of North America
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PublishedMay 15, 2011

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