Pronunciation: oh-PUN-tee-a ok-si-den-TAY-lis
Common name: Western prickly pear
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Fans, washes, low chaparral, coastal sage
scrub, coastal drainages, South Coast, west edge of
Peninsular Range, variable and hybridizing
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Opuntia
2) occidentalis