Pancake Pricklypear

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Opuntia chlorotica

Pancake Pricklypear, a reference photo
Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Opuntia chlorotica is a species of prickly pear in the family Cactaceae. Its common names include pancake prickly pear, flapjack prickly pear and dollarjoint prickly pear.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Pancake Pricklypear being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Opuntia
Species
Opuntia chlorotica

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