| Flower: | Cactus, Buckhorn Cholla | | Family: | Cactus | | Genus / Species: | Opuntia acanthocarpa | | Notes: | Buckhorn Cholla has segments up to 20 inches long and 1 1/4 in diameter; they are forked like horns on a deer. The spines up to 1 ½ inches in length are staw colored and flat like teeth of a comb. | | Photo: | 
Buckskin Mountain Trail, Arizona --- November 5, 2005 | | Guide: | Pacific States Wildflowers by Niehaus & Ripper / Sonoran Desert Wildflowers by Spellenberg / A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona by Epple |
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