Cactaceae
Chaparral pricklypear
Opuntia oricola
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 沙巴拉团扇
- English
- Chaparral pricklypear, Chaparral prickly-pear
- Persian
- انجیر تیغی
- Spanish
- Nopal de Montaña, Nopal de montana
Flowers
- In flower
- January to August (from 96 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Erin Lalime, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Alan Isaacson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle Cloud-Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TonyT, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.