Cactaceae

Opuntia caracassana Salm-Dyck

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia

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Opuntia caracassana (Opuntia caracassana) — FlowerPhoto: Lucero Luna Montilla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

arz: اوبونتيا كاراكاسانا
Dutch: Spaanse juffer
pap: Tuna, Infrou
Spanish: Nopal de la península de Paraguaná, Nopal de Paraguaná, Tuna caraqueña, Tuna Guajira, Tuna Paraguanera

Synonyms

Opuntia bisetosa Pittier
Opuntia tunoides Britton & Shafer ex Bold.
Opuntia wentiana Britton & Rose

Flowers

In flower: January to April, June (from 88 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Lucero Luna Montilla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: JR Ferrer-Paris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jorge I. Merchán Mayorga, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: fotoproze from Montréal, Québec, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: a_virginian, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Opuntia_bisetosa_C20070403_006.jpg : fotoproze from Montréal, Québec derivative , CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Javier Ignacio Acuña Ditzel from Santiago, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andra Waagmeester, CC0, from iNaturalist

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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). About our plant data.