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Opuntia diploursina
Also called Mojave Prickly Pear, Old Man Prickly Pear, Grizzly Bear Prickly Pear, Hairy Prickly Pear
Opuntia diploursina is a low, upright prickly pear cactus native to the Mojave Desert of southwest Utah, Nevada and northern Arizona. It is a species, so this entry covers that one plant; grow it in full sun with very sparing water.
Opuntia diploursina is a species in the family Cactaceae, that grows near and in Lake Mead National Recreation Area and extending northward across Nevada's Mormon Mesa into Utah.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opuntia diploursina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
