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Opuntia pinkavae
Also called Bulrush Canyon Prickly-pear
Pinkava's pricklypear is a small, low-growing cactus from the deserts and dry shrublands of northern Arizona and southern Utah, rarely more than 25 cm tall. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and very sparing water.
Opuntia pinkavae, common names Bulrush Canyon prickly-pear or Pinkava's pricklypear, is a species of cactus known only from northern Arizona and southern Utah. It was named for Dr. Donald Pinkava, professor emeritus at Arizona State University in Tempe
It grows in sunny locations in grasslands, on the edges of pinyon-juniper woodlands, on sandy or limestone soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opuntia pinkavae 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.
