Summary ⁹

Opuntia gosseliniana, commonly known as the violet pricklypear, is a species of cactus that is native to Pima County, Arizona in the United States and Baja California, Chihuahua, and Sonora in Mexico.

Distribution ¹⁰

The above-mentioned taxonomic issues complicate any attempt to describe the distribution of particular varieties or species. O. gosseliniana is especially known from Mexico, but has been reported from Arizona.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Stan Shebs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opuntia_santa-rita_1.jpg
2. (c) Justin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Justin
3. (c) Kenneth Bader, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kenneth Bader
4. (c) Seig, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Seig
5. (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
6. (c) damiano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by damiano
7. (c) Pedro Nájera Quezada, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pedro Nájera Quezada
8. (c) Eliseo D Moreno, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Eliseo D Moreno
9. Adapted by Jeny Davis from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_santa-rita
10. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_gosseliniana

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