Common names:
Purple Prickly Pear
Black-Spine Prickly Pear
Texas Santa Rita
Prickly Pear
Red-Joint Prickly Pear

Botanical names:
Opuntia orneacactmrAccepted
Opuntia oeiaclvaSynonym

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Vine
Life cycle:Other
Sun Requirements:Full Sun
Fruit:Indehiscent
Flowers:Blooms on new wood
Suitable Locations:Street Tree
Uses:Salad greens
Edible Parts:Stem
Resistances:Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds:Provide light
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Start indoors: ºº868-6
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:Offsets: blIegam nd di nonlseiyt erdsefo par 1dtnc l vt sau0iwdlhomtpaaonnr paasdr u y ;sffuy l
Containers:Preferred depth
Conservation status:Least Concern (LC)

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