Opuntia engelmannii (Engelmann's Pricklypear) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a short or usually absent trunk and yellow-green to …
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Opuntioideae is a subfamily of the cactus family Cactaceae, composed by 15 genera and about 300 species. They may have leaves when they are young, but these are lost later. Their stems are usually divided into distinct "joints" or "pads".
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Opuntia macrocentra (Long-spined Purplish Prickly Pear) is a shrubby cactus with erect to decumbent branches composed of flat green pads…
Cylindropuntia whipplei is a sparingly to densely branched cactus with green or sometimes purplish-green, firmly attached stem segments…
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (Desert Christmas Cactus) is a sparingly to densely branched cactus with slender branches that bear many short…
Opuntia basilaris (Beavertail Cactus) is a shrubby cactus with sprawling to ascending or erect stems composed of flattened, nearly smooth…
Opuntia stricta (Erect Prickly Pear) is a cactus that grows up to 6.6 feet (2 m) tall as erect or spreading shrub with fleshy, dull green…
Opuntia polyacantha (Plains Prickly Pear) is a shrubby cactus with spiny oval green pads growing one atop the other. It grows up to 16…
Cylindropuntia hystrix is a shrubby cactus with green cylindrical segments with strong tubercles and clusters of long spines. The segments…
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis is a tree-like cactus that grows up to 66 feet (20 m) tall. It shows thin, slightly shrunken cladodes on a…
Opuntia tomentosa (Velvet Tree Pear) is a tree-like cactus with a woody main stem and fleshy, dull green, much-branched stems consisting…