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Opuntia atrispina
Also called Border Prickly-pear
Opuntia atrispina is a cactus species in the genus Opuntia.
The plant has limited distribution in the United States. In Texas it can be found from near Uvalde to Del Rio and Langtry—a small strip of area just 50 miles long.
Big Pine Key Prickly Pear · Chenille pricklypear · Texas Plains Pricklypear · Devil's-tongue · Opuntia anacantha · Opuntia anahuacensis · Sand Prickly Pear · Opuntia auberi · Tiger-pear · Golden pricklypear · Devil's-tongue · New Mexico Prickly Pear
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opuntia atrispina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
