Opuntia chlorotica (Pancake Prickly Pear) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a spiny, well-defined trunk and branches of blue-green …
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Opuntia, also known as Nopales or Paddle Cactus, is a very large genus of cacti. They are native from Canada, to Chile and Argentina. The genus is named for the ancient Greek region, Locris Opuntia with the town of Opus where other spiny plants grew.
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Opuntia dejecta (Spiny Nopal), formerly known as Nopalea dejecta, is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a trunk and segmented, spreading …
Opuntia decumbens is a shrubby cactus with decumbent branches divided into flattened segments (pads) with purple or reddish pigmentation …
Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei (Bakersfield Cactus) is a shrubby cactus with erect, gray-green stems divided into flattened segments …
Opuntia aciculata (Chenille Pricklypear), also known as Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata, is a somewhat upright or spreading shrub …
Opuntia santa-rita (Santa Rita Prickly Pear) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a short trunk and branches of gray-green to bluish …
Opuntia gosseliniana (Violet Pricklypear) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a short trunk and branches that consist of flattened, not …
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 composed of flat green pads …