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Clock-face Prickly-pear

Opuntia chlorotica

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

The Clock-face Prickly-pear can obtain a height of 8 feet and is almost as broad. The bluish-green pads are almost perfectly round and have golden spines. It has a stout trunk.

Habitat:

Spotted near the Pinyon Flat Campground in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.

Notes:

Blooms from May to August.

Reference Links:

Opuntia chlorotica - Wikipedia, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin

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