Cactaceae Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.

Tulip Pricklypear

Havasupai - Other, Containers

Use documented by:
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 233

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Scientific name: Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
USDA symbol: OPPHP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tulip Pricklypear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Havasupai
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Containers
Notes: Used in preparing pottery clay.

RECRD: 7323 id: 24722