Calflora Taxon Report
Opuntia chlorotica  Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow
Dollarjoint pricklypear, Pancake cactus, Pancake prickly pear
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2017 Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen
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2020 Matt Berger
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2017 Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen
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2017 Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen
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2019 Matt Berger
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2017 Douglas Gordon-Blackwood
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2010 Lee Dittmann
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2003 Charles E. Jones
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2004 James M. Andre
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2025 Mike Russler
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2015 Keir Morse
Opuntia chlorotica is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
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Genus: Opuntia
Family: Cactaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Chaparral, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
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[Wikipedia] Range, Prehistoric Range: It is a species of prickly pear native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Some analysis of the prehistoric range of O. chlorotica has been conducted by studies in the Waterman Mountains of Arizona; these pollen core analyses indicate that this cactus species was present in northern Arizona in late Wisconsinan glaciation period. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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