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Pancake Prickly Pear
Opuntia chlorotica
Flat round pads are blue-green in color and covered with both light and dark yellow spines, Durable plant for the landscape is very drought tolerant once established. Attractive yellow flowers appear in late spring and summer. As with all desert native plants, special permits are required to remove and transport.
- Plant type: Cactus, Native
- Maintenance level: Low
- Water requirement: Low
- Sun exposure: Full
- Height range: 2–6 Feet
- Width range: 3–7 Feet
- Canopy value: 20 ft²
- Growth rate: Medium, Slow
- Seasonal habit: Evergreen
- Flower color: Yellow
- Flower season: Spring, Summer
- Fruit color: Brown
- Fruit season: Summer
- Design style: Thorns/Spines
- Hardiness cold tolerance: 15 °F
- Soil preference: Sand, Rocky, Well Drained, Dry
- Native location: Southwest USA
- PH preference: Alkaline/Basic
- USDA hardiness zone: 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
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