Wildflowers Identified: Prickly-Pear
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Prickly-Pear has these characteristics:
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 2 inches or more flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- smooth leaf edges
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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