Opuntia echinocarpa

Opuntia echinocarpa
Opuntia echinocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: O. echinocarpa
Binomial name
Opuntia echinocarpa
Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow

Opuntia echinocarpa, the Silver Cholla or Golden Cholla, depending on color of the spines, is a plant of the desert chaparral community.[1]

References

  1. ^ A Natural History of California, Alan Schoenherr, p. 360