Cactaceae
Arborescent pricklypear
Opuntia leucotricha
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Belarusian
- Апунцыя белаватая
- Chinese
- 白鬚仙人掌, 帕兰团扇, 松山镜, 白毛掌, 银世界, 云烟城
- English
- Arborescent pricklypear
- Spanish
- Duraznillo, Nopal Duraznillo, Nopal blanco
- Swedish
- Raggopuntia
Synonyms
- Consolea leucacantha (Link & Otto) Lem.
- Nopalea angustifrons Lindb.
- Opuntia durangensis Britton & Rose
- Opuntia erythrocentron Lem. ex C.F.Först.
- Opuntia fulvispina Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia fulvispina var. badia Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia fulvispina var. laevior Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia gallegiana Scheinvar & Olalde
- Opuntia lanigera Parm. ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia leucacantha var. laevior Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia leucacantha var. subferox Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
- Opuntia leucantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia leucosticta H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia leucotricha var. fulvispina F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
- Opuntia pyriformis Rose
- Opuntia ritteri A.Berger
- Opuntia rufescens Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
- Opuntia setocarpa Arreola-Nava, Guzm.-Hern. & Cuevas
- Opuntia subferox Schott ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia zamudioi Scheinvar
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, 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.