Opuntia macrocentra | purple pricklypear

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purple pricklypear Cactus Family
Opuntia macrocentra Cactaceae
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common names
  purple pricklypear
  Nopal violaceo
accepted scientific name
  Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.
rules for finding collection records
  Opuntia macrocentra (254)
  Opuntia violacea (49)
  exclude Opuntia violacea gosseliniana
  exclude Opuntia violacea santa-rita
family name
  Cactaceae

Image Author: ©2006 Patrick Alexander
Image License: Author's permission
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Category: Cactus
Flowers: Many petals
Petal colors:

Flower size is 1. to 2. inches
Plant Observed All Year

How Likely at this Location (16%)

Name Match (100%)

Plant Showiness (63%)

Links to Plant Descriptions SW Desert Flora (3) Wikipedia eFloras.org SEINet (8) USDA PLANTS profile Lady Bird Johnson	Links to Plant Photos Wikimedia Commons (15) SEINet (11) FloraFinder (6) Cal Photos (8) New Mexico Flora (3) Gila Wilderness (2) Cal Photos (3) Chihuahuan D. Gardens (1)	Where the plant has been found map credits
Habitat where plant was found Desert Rocky Grassland		Elevation (feet) vs. Time of Observation (Flowering) credits