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Englemann cactus blooms purple next to prickly pear spines

Engelmann prickly pear is common across the south-central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It goes by a variety of common names, including desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear, nopal, and vela de coyote.The fruit of the prickly pear has been used as a food source for native Americans in the Southwest for centuries.