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Prickly pear cactus


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
Prickly pear cactus
Myaamia Name:  
ilenoonkwia
Habitats:  
Dry Prairie grasslands

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Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Three Opuntia spp. occur in Myaamia lands: O. humifusa on rocks, shores, dunes and sandy prairies, and both O. macrorhiza and O. fragilis on dry prairies and plains.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895  

"lenoonkwia", "prickly pear, species of flat leaved cactus creeping along the soil and growing on rocks or on the ground, flower red or pink, leaves round 3 to 4 inches in diameter".