Opuntia aurea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Opuntia |
| Species: | O. aurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Opuntia aurea E.M.Baxter
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Opuntia aurea is a cactus that grows in Southern Utah and perhaps Northern Arizona.
It is prostrate and forms irregularly sprawling plants to about three feet across. Occasionally a single pad may grow upright. The cactus can be spineless, have a few spines or have multiple spines. Spines may be in the distal areoles only.[2]
References[]
- ^ Pinkava, D.J., Baker, M. & Puente, R. 2017. Opuntia aurea (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151954A121574153. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151954A121574153.en. Downloaded on 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.)5(6): 489, 1983" (PDF). Opuntia Web.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
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