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Cactaceae

Twistspine pricklypear

Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Opuntia

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
大根团扇
English
Twistspine pricklypear, Grassland pricklypear, Plains twistspine pricklypear
Spanish
Nopal Raizudo

Synonyms

  • Cactus tuberculatus Willd.
  • Opuntia compressa var. fuscoatra (Engelm.) D.Weniger
  • Opuntia compressa var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
  • Opuntia compressa var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) D.Weniger
  • Opuntia fuscoatra Engelm.
  • Opuntia fusiformis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
  • Opuntia grandiflora Engelm.
  • Opuntia greenei (J.M.Coult.) Engelm. ex Britton & Rose
  • Opuntia leptocarpa Mackensen
  • Opuntia loomisii Peebles
  • Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. macrorhiza
  • Opuntia macrorhiza var. grandiflora (Engelm.) Bulot
  • Opuntia macrorhiza var. greenii (J.M.Coult.) Bulot
  • Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza
  • Opuntia mesacantha var. grandiflora Engelm.
  • Opuntia mesacantha var. greenii J.M.Coult.
  • Opuntia mesacantha var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
  • Opuntia mesacantha var. oplocarpa J.M.Coult.
  • Opuntia mesacantha var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult.
  • Opuntia rafinesquei f. oplocarpa (J.M.Coult.) Schelle
  • Opuntia rafinesquei var. fusiformis Engelm.
  • Opuntia rafinesquei var. grandiflora Engelm.
  • Opuntia roseana Mackensen
  • Opuntia seguina C.Z.Nelson
  • Opuntia sphaerocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
  • Opuntia stenochila Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
  • Opuntia tuberculata (Willd.) Haw.
  • Opuntia xanthoglochia Griffiths

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.