Black Spined Pricklypear

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

upright spreading flat padded succulent with exceptionally long, to 7+ inches, dark orange to black spines, on southwest facing hillside of clayish silts overlain by mixed coarse volcanic lag gravels. Distinctive purple color produced by betacyanin pigments present in normally purplish, gray-green pads but greatly enhanced by drought or cold stress.

plants in fruit on open degraded grassland with basaltic volcanic substrate.

plants in fruit on open degraded grassland with basaltic volcanic substrate.

plants in fruit on open degraded grassland with basaltic volcanic substrate.

plants in fruit on open degraded grassland with basaltic volcanic substrate.

Category hierarchy: Interactions Among Species | Defense: Poisons & MoreDescription: Black-spined prickly pearOriginal date: 20040100Locality: Latitude: 3.497270000000000e+001; Longitude: -1.050320000000000e+002

in Big Bend National Park

in Big Bend National Park