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Cactus in Minnesota, Ya sure, You Bet! This is the first of the prickly pear cactus blooms, probably another 50 or so to come. Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus Latin Name: Opuntia humifusa Dakota/Lakota Name: unkcela (big buffalo burr), unkcela blaska, unkcela tanka

Cactus in Minnesota, Ya sure, You Bet!

This is the first of the prickly pear cactus blooms, probably another 50 or so to come.

Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus

Latin Name:

Opuntia humifusa

Dakota/Lakota Name:

unkcela (big buffalo burr), unkcela blaska, unkcela tanka

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