Kingdom Plantae Family Cactaceae Tribe Opuntieae Rank Species | Order Caryophyllales Subfamily Opuntioideae Genus Opuntia | |
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Similar Opuntia fragilis, Opuntia chlorotica, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia basilaris, Opuntia macrorhiza | ||
Opuntia erinacea, (Mojave prickly pear) is a species in the Cactaceae family, that is a distributed throughout the Mojave and Great Basin deserts. Opuntia erinacea is suspected to be an allopolyploid that resulted from hybridization between Opuntia diploursina and Opuntia basilaris.
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