Cactaceae
Chenille pricklypear
Opuntia aciculata
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- الشنيل الشائك
- Chinese
- 花火仙人掌
- English
- Chenille pricklypear, Cowboy’s red whiskers, Old man's whiskers
- Lithuanian
- Laibadyglė opuncija
- Persian
- سبیل پیرمرد
Synonyms
- Opuntia aciculata var. orbiculata Backeb.
- Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
- Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) D.Weniger
- Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo
- Opuntia lindheimeri var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mary Emily Eaton, 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.