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    Opuntia polyacantha is a common species of cactus known by the common names plains pricklypear, starvation pricklypear, hairspine cactus, and panhandle...
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    Opuntia erinacea, the Mojave prickly pear, variously treated as a species, or as a variety of Opuntia polyacantha, in the family Cactaceae, that is a...
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    Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit...
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    and southern Idaho. Opuntia trichophora is a diploid (2n=22) but has sometimes been treated as a variety of Opuntia polyacantha a tetraploid (2n=44)...
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  • List of Opuntia species. The genus Opuntia is within the tribe Opuntieae of the subfamily Opuntioideae, in the family Cactaceae. Species of Opuntia currently...
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    Opuntia arenaria was considered a variety of O. polyacantha by many botanists, and is still treated that way in the Flora of North America. However, O...
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    Opuntia basilaris, Opuntia ficus-indica, Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza, Opuntia atrispina, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia polyacantha and Opuntia violaceae...
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    Prickly pears in Australia (category Opuntia)
    engelmannii Opuntia ficus-indica Opuntia humifusa Opuntia leucotricha Opuntia microdasys Opuntia monacantha Opuntia polyacantha Opuntia puberula Opuntia robusta...
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    color in Navajo rugs comes from fermented prickly pear cactus fruit, Opuntia polyacantha. Navajo weavers also use rainwater and red dirt to create salmon-pink...
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  • Resedaceae Opuntia basilaris: 3  (beavertail cactus: 83 : 3 ), Cactaceae: 3  Opuntia chlorotica (pancake-pear: 227 ), Cactaceae Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea: 228 : 3 ...
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