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Pancake Pricklypear

Opuntia chlorotica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 215, February 174, March 278, April 284, May 192, June 137, July 118, August 120, September 152, October 218, November 200, December 178.
United States3,521
California1,920
Arizona1,236
Mexico375
Baja California347
Nevada178
New Mexico111
Utah43
Sonora11
Texas7

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Classification

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

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