Cactaceae
Common pricklypear
Opuntia monacantha
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- اوبونشيا موناكانثا
- Chinese
- 单刺仙人掌, 單刺仙人掌, 云南仙人掌, 仙人掌, 扁金铜, 梨果仙人掌, 玉芙蓉, 綠仙人掌
- English
- Common pricklypear
- Spanish
- Arumbeba, Arumbeva, Cardo palmado, Monducuru, Platyopuntia brunneogemmia
- Swedish
- Trädopuntia
- Tongan
- Kakatisi
Synonyms
- Cactus monacanthos Willd.
- Cactus opuntia var. parvifolius Risso
- Cactus urumbeba Vell.
- Opuntia deflexa Lem.
- Opuntia gracilior Lem.
- Opuntia lemaireana Console ex Bois
- Opuntia monacantha var. deflexa Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia monacantha var. gracilior Lem.
- Opuntia monacantha var. variegata Anon.
- Opuntia roxburghiana Voigt
- Opuntia urumbea (Vell.) Steud.
- Opuntia urumbeba (Vell.) Steud.
- Opuntia vulgaris var. lemaireana (Console ex Bois) Backeb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Alexkom000, CC BY 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.