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A close-up view of a compass barrel cactus with dried flowers atop green fruit with two buds waiting to bloom, taken on the Chuckwagon Trail in McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, Arizona in August 2020

I sometimes find cacti a bit awkward looking when the flowers have died but not yet fallen off, but I liked the look on this compass barrel cactus with the dried flowers atop green fruit, a couple of buds waiting to bloom, nestled beneath the large red spines.

A top-down view of a compass barrel cactus with dried flowers atop green fruit with two buds waiting to bloom, taken on the Chuckwagon Trail in McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, Arizona in August 2020

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