Cactaceae
Big Bend pricklypear
Grusonia schottii
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Grusonia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 血枪武者
- English
- Big Bend pricklypear
Synonyms
- Corynopuntia schottii (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
- Cylindropuntia schottii (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
- Opuntia schottii Engelm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Matt Berger, 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: Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, 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.