yellow flowering prickly pear cactus opuntia rufida native texas and new mexico

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Yellow flowering blind prickly pear (opuntia rufida), a cactus native of Texas and New Mexico Royalty Free Stock Photo

Yellow flowering prickly pear cactus (opuntia rufida), a native of Texas and New Mexico Royalty Free Stock Photo

Yellow flowering opuntia rufida cactus Royalty Free Stock Photo

Yellow flowering prickly pear cactus (opuntia rufida), a native of Texas and New Mexico

Opuntia rufida, commonly known as blind prickly pear or cow blinder, is a species of prickly pear cactus native to southwestern Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows on rocky slopes. The species makes up for its total lack of spines with a profusion of red-brown glochids.