Buckhorn Cholla
The buckhorn colla is very variable in color from one plant to another. This one was photographed a couple of miles from the Arizona-Mexico border near the Pipe Organ National Monument next to several others that were loaded with fire-orange flowers.
- Copyright
- © 2013
- Image Size
- 4288x2848 / 8.1MB
- Keywords
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- Contained in galleries
- Yellow Wildflowers, Cylindropuntieae, Cactaceae (Cactus Family)