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Blind Pricklypear

Opuntia rufida

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 65, February 63, March 119, April 135, May 83, June 40, July 36, August 37, September 44, October 47, November 61, December 70.
United States756
Texas742
Mexico362
Durango216
Coahuila de Zaragoza89
Chihuahua41
Arizona14
Nuevo Leon14
Spain7
Cataluña/Catalunya6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familycacti · Cactaceae
GenusPrickly Pears · Opuntia

Sources

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