Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay

Coast Prickly Pear  (Opuntia littoralis)

Flowers:  Showy pale yellow with many overlapping, waxy petals 1 ½ to 2 inches long.

Flower:  Back Bay Drive - 6-Jun-02

Flower: West Bluffs - 23-May-02

Date: 10/27/2003