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Opuntia erinacea
Cactaceae
Height: 1'
Stem: Stems spread 3' in diameter. The pads are blue-green, flat, elliptical and grows to 5" long and 2" wide. The spines are 5". They also have tiny, barbed hairs known as glochids common to all prickly-pears and chollas.
Flowers/Fruit: The flower is red to pink to yellow depending on its location. It is 3" wide with many petals. The fruit is brown, elliptical and 1 1/43" long.
Form/Habitat: Sandy or gravel soils on slopes 3,000' to 7,000' in the desert and woodlands.
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