Scientific Name: Opuntia monacantha Haw.

Caption: Prickly Pear {opuntia vulgaris}

Photographer: Drew Avery

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33590535@N06/3324194272/

Locality: Georgetown, Ascension, Saint Helena (-7.951966, -14.393634)

Notes: Prickly Pear Green Top Crater Introduced to Ascension either via Maderia in 1847 or 1850 by Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.

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