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Plants of New Mexico
OPUNTIEAE (Tribe)
Prickly Pear Cactus
Common Name:
Beavertail Pricklypear
Black-spined Prickypear
Brown-spined Pricklypear
Bunny Ears
Comanche Prickypear
Cow's Tongue Pricklypear
Engelmann's Pricklypear
Grassland Pricklypear
Plains Pricklypear
Pott's Pricklypear
Prairie Pricklypear
Round Pricklypear
Sweet Picklypear
Tucson Pricklypear
Twist-spine Pricklypear
Valida Pricklypear
Wooton Pricklypear
Genus species
Opuntia basilari
Opuntia macrocentra
Opuntia phaeacantha
Opuntia microdasys
Opuntia camanchica
Opuntia lindheimeri
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia cymochila
Opuntia polyacantha
Opuntia pottsii
Opuntia macrorhiza
Opuntia orbiculata
Opuntia dulcis
Opuntia confusa
Opuntia tortispina
Opuntia valida
Opuntia wootonii
Beavertail Princklypear
Opuntia basilaris
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE
Black-spined (Purple) Pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CACTUS GARDEN
SANTA ANA NURSERY TEACHING GARDEN
ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDEN
Brown-spined (Tulip) Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
Bunny Ears Pricklypear
Opuntia microdasys
ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDEN
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CACTUS GARDEN
Comanche (Tulip) Pricklypear
Opuntia camanchica
EMBUDO CANYON OPEN SPACE, ALBUQUERQUE
PLACITAS OPEN SPACE
ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDEN
Cow's Tongue Pricklypear
Opuntia lindheimeri
Engelmann's Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii
RIO GRANDE NATURE CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CACTUS GARDEN
Grassland Pricklypear
Opuntia cymochila
SAN ANTONIO OXBOW OPEN SPACE, ALBUQUERQUE
Plains (Starvation) Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha
ELENA GALLEGOS OPEN SPACE, ALBUQUERQUE
SAN ANTONIO OXBOW OPEN SPACE, ALBUQUERQUE
Pott's Pricklypear
Opuntia pottsii
JUAN TOMAS OPEN SPACE, TIJERAS
Prairie Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
SANDIA MOUNTAIN NATURAL HISTORY CENTER, CEDAR CREST
Round Pricklypear
Opuntia orbiculata
ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDEN
Sweet Pricklypear
Opuntia dulcis
ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDEN
Tucson (Confused) Pricklypear
Opuntia confusa
ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDEN
Twist-spine Pricklypear
Opuntia tortispina
SAN ANTONIO OXBOW OPEN SPACE, ALBUQUERQUE
Valida Pricklypear
Opuntia valida
ALBUQUERQUE BOTANIC GARDEN
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