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Coastal Prickly Pear

Opuntia littoralis

Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: western prickly pear.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal sage scrub, July 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.


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Flower is predominantly yellow


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Style pale


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Spines whitish


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