Cactaceae
Dollarjoint pricklypear
Opuntia chlorotica
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- اوبونتيا كلوروتيكا
- Chinese
- 黄绿仙人掌, 淡绿团扇
- English
- Dollarjoint pricklypear, Dollar-joint prickly-pear, Dollar-joint pricklypear, Pancake pricklypear
- Persian
- انجیر تیغی پنکیکی
- Spanish
- Nopal Verdoso
Synonyms
- Opuntia palmeri Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia tidbaldi J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia tidballii J.M.Bigelow
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena.laps, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, 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.