Cactaceae

Nash's pricklypear

Consolea nashii (Britton) A.Berger

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Consolea

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Nash's pricklypear (Consolea nashii) — FlowerPhoto: Dodly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Nash's pricklypear

Synonyms

Consolea macracantha subsp. nashii (Britton) Guiggi
Opuntia nashii Britton

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Navassa Island: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dodly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kathy Daniel, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kathy Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kathy Daniel, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kathy Daniel, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dodly, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.