Pronunciation: oh-PUN-tee-a klor-OT-i-ka
Common name: Pancake prickly-pear
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Dry rocky walls 3000'-5500', creosote bush
scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, east
Mojave Desert to Little San Bernardino Mountains, west
edge of Colorado Desert
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Opuntia
2) chlorotica