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Opuntia macrocentra


Common Name(s): Black-Spined Prickly Pear, Blunt-Spined Prickly Pear, Long-Spined Prickly Pear, Martin's Blunt-Spined Prickly Pear, Purple Prickly Pear, Reddish Purple Prickly Pear
Synonym(s): Opuntia violacea, Opuntia macrocentra
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Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe:
Distribution: Sonora - Mexico : Arizona, New Mexico, Texas - United States (North America)
Habit: Flattened-Padded
Flower: Red, YellowEncounterability: Common Worldwide
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Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Habitat near Benson, Arizona

Photographer: Peter Breslin

Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Habitat near Benson, Arizona

Photographer: Peter Breslin

Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Ironwood National Monument, AZ

Photographer: Peter Breslin
Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Lajitas, Texas

Photographer: Craig Howe

Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Lajitas, Texas

Photographer: Craig Howe

Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Habitat in New Mexico

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Habitat in New Mexico

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Habitat in New Mexico

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Habitat in New Mexico

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Tortugas Mountains, New Mexico

Photographer: Marc Beckstrom
Opuntia macrocentra
O. macrocentra
Picture taken at: Tortugas Mountains, New Mexico

Photographer: Marc Beckstrom

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