Cactaceae
Big Bend pricklypear
Grusonia aggeria
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Grusonia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Big Bend pricklypear
Synonyms
- Corynopuntia aggeria (Ralston & Hilsenb.) M.P.Griff.
- Opuntia aggeria Ralston & Hilsenb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian McFaul, 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.