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Opuntia lindheimeri or Texas prickly pear [1] is a species of cactus native to North America. It is native to Mexico and the United States, where its populations are primarily in Texas . [ 2 ]
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 ...
Opuntia engelmannii is a prickly pear common across the south-central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.It goes by a variety of common names, including desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear [2] in the US, and nopal, abrojo, joconostle, and vela de coyote in Mexico.
Opuntia rufida is a species of prickly pear cactus native to southwestern Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows on rocky slopes.The species makes up for its total lack of spines with a profusion of red-brown glochids.
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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).
Pinkava prickly pear: SW. Utah to NW. Arizona: 2n=88 Opuntia pittieri Britton & Rose: Colombia: Opuntia polyacantha Haw. Plains prickly pear, Starvation Prickly pear, Panhandle prickly pear: the Great Plains, Great Basin, Mojave Desert, Colorado Plateau, and the Rocky Mountains: 2n=22, 2n=44 Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck: SE. Arizona to W. Texas ...
Opuntia spinosibacca is a species of prickly pear cactus. It is found in southwestern Texas, especially in the area of Big Bend National Park, and in northeastern Mexico. It has translucent reddish central spines. Its flowers are usually yellow, often with reddish centers. Opuntia spinosibacca grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland. The ...
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