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Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina


Common Name(s): Porcupine Prickly Pear, Hedgehog Prickly Pear
Synonym(s): Opuntia hystricina
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Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe:
Distribution: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah - United States (North America)
Habit: Flattened-Padded
Flower: Orange, Pink, Red, YellowEncounterability: Rare
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Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Hwy 95, Utah

Photographer: Marc Beckstrom
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Hwy 95, Utah

Photographer: Marc Beckstrom
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Mexican Hat, Utah

Photographer: Marc Beckstrom
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Private Collection, California

Photographer: Marc Beckstrom
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia polyacantha
O. polyacantha var. hystricina
Picture taken at: Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

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