Glochid
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Glochids or glochidia are hair-like spines or short prickles, generally barbed, found on the areoles of cacti in the sub-family Opuntioideae. Cactus glochids easily detach from the plant and lodge in
Glochids and spines on a species of Opuntia. The spines are the relatively large, radiating organs; the glochids are the fine prickles in the centres of the bunches.
Glochids (Opuntia microdasys monstrose)
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Glochids are barbed, making removal difficult. Pictured is the similarly barbed foxtail.
Opuntia cespitosa
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Opuntia cespitosa, commonly called the eastern prickly pear, is a species of cactus native to North America.
