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Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra
Purple Prickly Pear
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Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson
ID: 0000 0000 0518 0490 (2018-05-13)Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson
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date of photo Apr 21, 2018
latitude 30.57055 longitude 104.88503
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location
local rural road along Rio Grande, 1.1 miles southeast of terminal junction of west fork of Chispa Road, 8.6 miles northwest of junction with east fork Chispa Road (Coal Mine Road), 15.4 miles south of pavement at TX-rm 1523, (Presidio County, Texas, US)family
Cactaceae
plant community Chihuahuan Desert scrub at 3146' (958m)notes upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress. ID per Powell/Worthington 2018keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert
contributor's ID # CDR 159 photo category: Plant - shrub
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Purple Prickly Pear (photographer)
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