Cactaceae
Opuntia pubescens
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- صبير أزغب
- arz
- صبير ازغب
- Spanish
- Chile de perro, Tetencholete
Synonyms
- Cactus nanus Kunth
- Cactus pubescens (H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
- Cereus nanus (Kunth) DC.
- Corynopuntia dumetorum (A.Berger) F.M.Knuth
- Grusonia dumetorum (A.Berger) E.F.Anderson
- Opuntia depauperata Britton & Rose
- Opuntia dumetorum A.Berger
- Opuntia hoffmannii Bravo
- Opuntia infesta (F.Ritter) Iliff
- Opuntia leptarthra F.A.C.Weber
- Opuntia nana Vis.
- Opuntia pascoensis Britton & Rose
- Opuntia pestifer Britton & Rose
- Opuntia tayapayensis Cárdenas
- Opuntia vulgaris f. nana (Vis.) Schelle
- Opuntia vulgaris var. nana (Vis.) K.Schum.
- Platyopuntia dumetorum (A.Berger) F.Ritter
- Platyopuntia infesta F.Ritter
- Platyopuntia nana (Kunth) F.Ritter
Photos
Photo: Mary Emily Eaton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, 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). About our plant data.