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  2. Opuntia cespitosa - Wikipedia

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    Opuntia cespitosa, commonly called the eastern prickly pear, [1] is a species of cactus native to North America. It is most common west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River , where it is found in the Midwest , Upper South and in Ontario . [ 1 ]

  3. Phyllosticta concava - Wikipedia

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    Phyllosticta concava, also known as opuntia dry rot [1] or prickly pear brown spot, is a species of fungus that infects opuntia cactus, leaving discolored circular depressions in the pads. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The species was first formally described by the mycologist Fred Jay Seaver in 1922.

  4. Opuntia - Wikipedia

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    The prickly pear is the official plant of Texas by legislation from 1995. [47] The cactus lends its name to a song by British jazz/classical group Portico Quartet. [citation needed] The song "My Rival", on the album Gaucho by the American jazz-pop group Steely Dan begins with the words, "The wind was driving in my face/The smell of prickly pear ...

  5. Opuntia guatemalensis - Wikipedia

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    Opuntia guatemalensis is a low growing, spreading prickly pear, with pads that are 10–20 cm (4-8 inches) long. Areoles are light brown, or slightly tan, and raised. Spines are white-gray, being darker at the tip, and are present over 2/3 to 3/4 of an average pad. Large spines are partially perpendicular to the pad.

  6. Opuntia ficus-indica - Wikipedia

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    Common English names for the plant and its fruit are Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig, cactus pear, prickly pear, and spineless cactus, among many others. [3] In Mexican Spanish, the plant is called nopal, a name that may be used in American English as culinary terms. Peninsular Spanish mostly uses higo chumbo for the fruit and chumbera for the ...

  7. Everyone's a Green Thumb When It Comes to Cactus Plants - AOL

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    Prickly Pear (Opuntia spp) Prickly pear cactus have flat, oval pads covered in spines. Pollinators love the pink blossoms, and the flowers are a beautiful contrast to the the stark spines of this ...

  8. Opuntia leucotricha - Wikipedia

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    Opuntia leucotricha is a tree-like cactus, growing up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall. The platyclades have a thin fuzz of white hairs on their joints. The plant is an invasive species in Florida .

  9. Opuntia aciculata - Wikipedia

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    Opuntia aciculata, also called Chenille pricklypear, [2] [3] [4] old man's whiskers, and cowboy's red whiskers, [4] is a perennial dicot and an attractive ornamental cactus native to Texas. It belongs to the genus Opuntia (prickly pear cacti). It is also widespread in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas (northern Mexico).