Botany Photo of the Day Peteria thompsoniae

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Like the Opuntia aurea in the previous entry, Peteria thompsoniae is also a species of the American Southwest. It is commonly known as spine-noded milkvetch; the spines are readily apparent in another of Andrey’s photographs: Peteria thompsoniae. Some BPotD readers may recall an entry from last August with a specific epithet of “thompsoniae”, Penstemon thompsoniae. […]

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