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California Prickly Pear

Scientific Name: Cylindropuntia californica (Torr. & A.Gray) F.M.Knuth in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Synonym: Cereus californicus, Cylindropuntia parryi, Grusonia hamiltonii, Opuntia bernardina, Opuntia californica, Opuntia hamiltonii, Opuntia parryi var. serpentina , Opuntia parryi, Opuntia serpentina
Family: Cactaceae

As Opuntia serpentina from Britton and Rose's The Cactaceae

Origin: California to northern Baja California on the coast

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