Pictured is a spiny Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata). In sparse times, the Pueblo people would eat the yellow fruit of the cholla raw and cooked the flower buds which are rich in calcium.Galleries:Chollas, Gran Quivira RuinsKeywords:Gran Quivira, Las Humanas, Salinas Pueblo Missions National
Monument, Walkingstick Cholla fruit, cacti, mission, puebloPhoto Location: Gran Quivira Ruins, 25 miles south of Mountainair, NMPhotographer: Dr. Roy WinkelmanDate of Photo: 02/19/2014Device Make: CanonDevice Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark IIExposure Time: 0.025F Number: 20Original Dimensions: 3744×5616Picture Orientation: PortraitGPS Coordinates: 34°15'34.99"N 106°5'30.78"WPicture Number: 26257
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