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Whole plant Bark Stem Areole Apex Flower Fruit

Opuntia humifusa
Family: Cactaceae
Common name: eastern prickly pear
Synonym(s): devil's-tongue
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Whole plant      Jump to: Bark Stem Areole Apex Flower Fruit

Opuntia humifusa - Whole plant - eastern prickly pear
(c) 2006 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use

Bark      Jump to: Whole plant Stem Areole Apex Flower Fruit

Opuntia humifusa - Bark - eastern prickly pear
(c) 2003 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use
Old stem tissue

Stem      Jump to: Whole plant Bark Areole Apex Flower Fruit

Opuntia humifusa - Stem - eastern prickly pear
(c) 2003 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use
The pads are stem tissue

Areole      Jump to: Whole plant Bark Stem Apex Flower Fruit

Opuntia humifusa - Areole - eastern prickly pear
(c) 2002 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use

Apex      Jump to: Whole plant Bark Stem Areole Flower Fruit

Opuntia humifusa - Apex - eastern prickly pear
(c) 2004 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use

Flower      Jump to: Whole plant Bark Stem Areole Apex Fruit

Opuntia humifusa - Flower - eastern prickly pear
(c) 2002 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use

Fruit      Jump to: Whole plant Bark Stem Areole Apex Flower

Opuntia humifusa - Fruit - eastern prickly pear
(c) 2004 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use



Line drawing from Britton and Brown (1913)

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