Cactaceae
Rio Grande pricklypear
Opuntia aureispina
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 金刺仙人掌
- English
- Rio Grande pricklypear, Golden-spined prickly-pear
Synonyms
- Opuntia azurea var. aureispina (S.Brack & K.D.Heil) A.M.Powell & Weedin
- Opuntia luteispina Guiggi
- Opuntia macrocentra var. aureispina S.Brack & K.D.Heil
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.