Cactaceae
Tulip pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 褐刺仙人掌, 仙人镜, 圆刺仙人掌, 土人团扇
- Czech
- Opuncie hnědoostná
- English
- Tulip pricklypear, Tulip prickly-pear, Brownspine pricklypear, New mexico prickly-pear, Chihuahua pricklypear, Wooton's pricklypear
- Hungarian
- Coloradói fügekaktusz
- Lithuanian
- Kalninė opuncija
- Spanish
- Nopal Pardo
Synonyms
- Opuntia angustata Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia blakeana Rose
- Opuntia canada Griffiths
- Opuntia chihuahuensis Rose
- Opuntia comanchica Urlandt
- Opuntia confusa Griffiths
- Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rose
- Opuntia dulcis Engelm.
- Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. ex K.Schum.
- Opuntia engelmannii var. wootonii (Griffiths) Fosberg
- Opuntia eocarpa Griffiths
- Opuntia gilvescens Griffiths
- Opuntia gregoriana Griffiths
- Opuntia hanburyana F.A.C.Weber ex A.Berger
- Opuntia laevis var. canada (Griffiths) Peebles
- Opuntia lindheimeri var. cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia lindheimeri var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia mesacantha var. sphaerocarpa J.M.Coult. ex Wooton & Standl.
- Opuntia mohavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia phaeacantha f. brunnea (Engelm.) Schelle
- Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. camanchica (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Borg
- Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Guiggi
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. brunnea Engelm.
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. camanchica (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. castorea S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. chihuahuensis (Rose) Bravo
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. major Engelm.
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Fosberg
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. nigricans Engelm.
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. phaeacantha
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. superbospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. wootonii (Griffiths) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia platyacantha f. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle
- Opuntia procumbens Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia recurvospina Griffiths
- Opuntia rubrifolia Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia superbospina Griffiths
- Opuntia toumeyi Rose
and 2 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.