Cactaceae

Blind pricklypear

Opuntia rufida Engelm.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia

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Blind pricklypear: Viesca 1st hill, Coahuila — Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 红毛掌, 赤乌帽子
English: Blind pricklypear
Persian: اپونتیا روفیدا
Spanish: Nopal Rojizo

Synonyms

Opuntia microdasys subsp. rufida (Engelm.) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Opuntia microdasys var. rufida (Engelm.) K.Schum.
Opuntia rufida var. tortiflora M.S.Anthony

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meredith Norwood, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.