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Opuntia santa-rita


Common Name(s): Blunt-Spined Prickly Pear, Long-Spined Prickly Pear, Purple Prickly Pear, Santa Rita Candle Cactus, Santa Rita Prickly Pear
Synonym(s): Opuntia chlorotica, Opuntia gosseliniana, Opuntia violacea, Opuntia shreveana
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Subfamily: Opuntioideae
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Distribution: Sonora - Mexico : Arizona, New Mexico, Texas - United States (North America)
Habit: Flattened-Padded
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Common Worldwide
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Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: 2005 Intercity Show, Los Angeles Arboretum

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Habitat near Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Photographer: Peter Breslin

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Habitat near Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico

Photographer: Peter Breslin

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Craig Howe's Personal Collection

Photographer: Craig Howe

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Craig Howe's Personal Collection

Photographer: Craig Howe

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Private Collection

Photographer: Charles Crouse

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

Opuntia santa-rita
O. santa-rita
Picture taken at: Habitat east of Douglas, Arizona

Photographer: Juergen Menzel

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