Flower buds on the beaver tail (Opuntia basilaris) prickly pear cactus in the arid desert landscape of Joshua Tree National Park in California.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, CA, United States
Photo credit: © Dan Hanscom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, arid, basilaris, beaver, buds, cacti, cactus, california, desert, ecosystem, flower, joshua, landscape, mojave, national, nature, opuntia, park, pear, plants, prickly, rocks, rocky, scrub, sunny, tail, tree, vegetation