Cactaceae

Galápagos prickly pear

Opuntia galapageia Hensl.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia

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Common names

By language (3)

Arabic: صبير غالاباغوسي, صبير أليف الحجر, صبير جزري
arz: صبير غالاباغوسى, صبير اليف الحجر, صبير جزرى
English: Galápagos prickly pear, Prickly pear

Synonyms

Opuntia galapageia subsp. insularis (A.Stewart) Guiggi
Opuntia galapageia var. insularis Backeb.
Opuntia galapageia var. saxicola Backeb.
Opuntia insularis A.Stewart
Opuntia saxicola Howell

Photos

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Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brian Gratwicke from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CactiLegacy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Salicyna, 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). About our plant data.