Keremeos Warning or Danger Tips by Darby2

To the uninitated tourist and traveller, these little gems can do a nasty number on you. I was wading through some fresh springtime growth to set up for a nice photo beside the road, thinking it was merely grass and weeds....but there was a small prickly pear cactus that I missed...but it got me! A couple of the lobes broke off with a dozen or more inch- long needle sharp spines embedded in my lower leg and trousers. When I attempted to pull it off, the spines then embedded themself in my fingers...beware of the very small spines too...they are as fine as hair, very brittle and only about a quarter of an inch long.

They do have a nice waxy yellow flower that appears in May....LOOK, but DON'T TOUCH!

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