Cactaceae
Opuntia elata
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- صبير مرتفع
- arz
- صبير مرتفع
- Chinese
- 高团扇
Synonyms
- Opuntia bispinosa Backeb.
- Opuntia elata var. oblongata E.Walther
Flowers
- In flower
- October to December (from 88 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Frank Thomas Sautter, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gonzalo Roget, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rocío Esmeralda Pose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriela Ruellan, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pedrogarabaya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriela Ruellan, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pedrogarabaya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Valerio Pillar from Porto Alegre, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.