Cylindropuntia tesajo (Tesajo Cholla) is a shrubby cactus with slender, segmented, densely branched stems with small, inconspicuous …
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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 engelmannii var. linguiformis is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with lance-shaped stem segments (pads) that become very elongated …
Opuntia engelmannii (Engelmann's Pricklypear) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a short or usually absent trunk and yellow-green to …
Opuntia macrocentra (Long-spined Purplish Prickly Pear) is a shrubby cactus with erect to decumbent branches that consist of green …
Cylindropuntia whipplei is a branched cactus with green or sometimes purplish-green, firmly attached stem segments with distinct …
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 that consist of flattened, nearly …
Opuntia stricta (Erect Prickly Pear) is a cactus that can grow up to 6.6 feet (2 m) tall as an erect or spreading shrub with fleshy, dull …
Opuntia polyacantha (Plains Prickly Pear) is a shrubby cactus with oval, green, spiny pads growing one atop the other. It can grow up to …
Cylindropuntia hystrix is a shrubby cactus with green cylindrical segments with strong tubercles and clusters of long spines …