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Purple Pricklypear

Opuntia azurea

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) jackietl, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.

United States	540
Texas	525
Mexico	87
Durango	34
Chihuahua	32
Guanajuato	16
New Mexico	12
Coahuila de Zaragoza	4
Arizona	3
Sonora	1

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

Traits

Group and habits

Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Family	cacti · Cactaceae
Genus	Prickly Pears · Opuntia

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
How much to rely on each source

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