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I've always called these Prickly Pears, but there are a couple hundred species ...
a small Opuntia cactus with small green ...
An opuntia growing close to the ground in an urban dog park. One
Growing about 15 feet beside the house of our host in Palawan
Green flat "paddles" with spines. Many had ...
Spotted this Prickly Pear Cactus plant in ...
Spotted in a local garden,i'am in a garden mode:-)
It's a
small amounts of mescaline and phenethylamines in the
Cochineal Nopal Cactus growing along the ...
A type of prickly-pear cactus, I am sure. ...
Prickly pears typically grow with flat, rounded cladodes (also called ...
The branches (cladodes) are flattened, green to grey. The branches are 30-60 cm ...