Plains Prickly Pear - a photo on Flickriver

            Plains Prickly Pear (Opuntia polyacantha).  Along route CA-168, east of Big Pine, in the White Mountains in Inyo National Forest. Inyo County, California.

This species is widespread in western North America. The subspecies found in California's White Mountains (erinacea) is often called Grizzly Bear Prickly Pear. The examples I found all had yellow flowers, but in other locations the flowers can be purple. However, when the flowers were just opening up, they were peach colored -- and they turned peach again when fading away. The spines were quite long, and often quite dense.

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Taken on: May 25, 2014

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T4i, f/14.0, 1/200 sec, 42mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS REBEL T4i
Lens:	EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	42mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows
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