Texas Prickly Pear (Opuntia lindheimeri)
Extremely common in the southern half of Texas, this large prickly pear blooms from March through June, producing large edible red to purple delicious fruits. This enormous patch was found growing outside of Mission, Texas.
- Copyright
- Rich Leighton
- Image Size
- 7360x4912 / 37.1MB
- Keywords
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Angiosperms, Cactaceae, Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Hidalgo County, Lindheimer prickly pear, Lindheimer's prickly pear, Mission, Mission Hike and Bike Trail, Opuntia, Opuntia engelmannii, Opuntia engelmannii var. alta, Opuntia engelmannii var. cacanapa, Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis, Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri, Opuntia engelmannii var. texana, Opuntia lindheimeri, Opuntia lindheimeri var. lehmannii, Plantae, RGV, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Texas prickly pear, Tracheophytes, arid, autumn, botany, cacti, cactus, cactus apple, desert, evergreen, fall, flora, green, heat, hurt, nature, nopal, pain, painful, perennial, plant, poke, prickle, prickly, sabra, sharp, spike, spiky, succulent, thorn, thorny, tuna, west, western, wild
- Contained in galleries
- Opuntieae
