It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is a Prickly Pear Cactus bloom. I actually photographed this in Colorado in the Garden of the Gods but we have them in Kansas as well. The official name is Plains Prickly Pear and they bloom in May and June and they are found throughout Kansas. They endure drought well due to their pads, they can shrink and swell depending on how much moisture they receive.
