Cactaceae
Sour pricklypear
Consolea rubescens
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Consolea
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 墨乌帽子
- English
- Sour pricklypear
Synonyms
- Cactus rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.
- Consolea catacantha (Link & Otto) Lem.
- Consolea guanicana (K.Schum. ex Gürke) F.M.Knuth
- Consolea moniliformis subsp. rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Guiggi
- Opuntia catocantha Pfeiff.
- Opuntia guanicana Gürke
- Opuntia rubescens Salm-Dyck ex DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thérèse Gaigé, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kseniia, CC BY-SA 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.