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black-spined pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
Opuntia macrocentra
black-spined pricklypear Cactus Family
Opuntia macrocentra Cactaceae
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common names
  black-spined pricklypear
  purple pricklypear
  Nopal violaceo
accepted scientific name
  •Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.
rules for finding collection records
  Opuntia macrocentra (1121)
  Opuntia violacea (98)
  exclude Opuntia violacea gosseliniana
  exclude Opuntia violacea santa-rita
family name
  • Cactaceae
Image Author: ©2006 Patrick Alexander
Image License: Author's permission
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Category: Cactus
Flowers: Many petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is 2.0 to 3.2 inches
Plant Observed All Year

Plant Showiness (63%)
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Native Plant Status
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native Native
native Not Present