Cactaceae
Devil's-tongue
Opuntia humifusa
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- صبير كمثري شرقي, تين شوكي
- arz
- صبير كمثرى شرقى
- Asturian
- Figal de la india
- Chinese
- 匍地仙人掌, 匐地仙人掌, 圆武扇, 仙人掌, 仙掌子, 玉芙蓉, 神仙掌花
- Croatian
- Opuncija polegnuta
- Czech
- Opuncie poléhavá
- English
- Devil's-tongue, Eastern prickly pear, Eastern prickly-pear, Indian fig, Low prickly pear, Smooth prickly pear
- Hungarian
- Ördögnyelv-fügekaktusz, Henye fügekaktusz, Kerekszárú fügekaktusz, Virginiai fügekaktusz
- Korean
- 자단선선인장, 천년초
- Lithuanian
- Šliaužiančioji opuncija
- mul
- Oponce couché
- Polish
- Opuncja płożąca
- Russian
- Опунция стелющаяся
- Spanish
- Nopal del Este
- Swedish
- Krypopuntia
Synonyms
- Cactus humifusus Raf.
- Cactus italicus Ten.
- Cactus italicus Ten. ex Steud.
- Cactus opuntia var. vulgaris (Mill.) DC.
- Opuntia allairei Griffiths
- Opuntia calcicola Wherry
- Opuntia compressa var. allairei (Griffiths) D.Weniger
- Opuntia compressa var. humifusa (Raf.) D.Weniger
- Opuntia humifusa subsp. humifusa
- Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa
- Opuntia intermedia Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia intermedia var. prostrata Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia italica Ten. ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia prostrata Monv. & Lem. ex C.F.Först.
- Opuntia rafinesquei Engelm.
- Opuntia rafinesquei var. parva F.Haage & E.Schmidt
- Opuntia rafinesquiana Urlandt
- Opuntia rubiflora Griffiths
- Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
- Opuntia vulgaris var. major Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia vulgaris var. media Salm-Dyck
- Platyopuntia vulgaris (Mill.) F.Ritter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, United States, CC BY 3.0, 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.