- Source: Opuntia chlorotica
Opuntia chlorotica is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is a species of prickly pear native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include pancake prickly pear, flapjack prickly pear and dollarjoint prickly pear.
This cactus is bluish-green and manifests a bushy to erect form that may attain a height of two meters or more.
Some analysis of the prehistoric range of O. chlorotica has been conducted by studies in the Waterman Mountains of Arizona; these pollen core analyses indicate that this cactus species was present in northern Arizona in late Wisconsinan glaciation period.
References
Notes
Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1919. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 236 pages
C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Elephant Tree: Bursera microphylla, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
Jepson Manual Treatment: Opuntia chlorotica. 1993
External links
Flora of North America; RangeMap
Calflora images: Opuntia chlorotica
Opuntia chlorotica photo gallery at Opuntia Web
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- Opuntia
- Opuntia chlorotica
- Cactus
- Opuntia gosseliniana
- Opuntia setispina
- List of Opuntia species
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- List of least concern plants
- List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
