Cactaceae
Erect pricklypear
Opuntia stricta
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Suurturksvy
- Arabic
- صبير لامع
- arz
- صبير لامع
- Burmese
- ကုလားဇော
- Chinese
- 縮刺仙人掌, 缩刺仙人掌, 仙人掌, 无刺团扇, 中华仙人掌, 中華仙人掌
- English
- Erect pricklypear, Erect prickly pear, Erect prickly-pear, Bell-flower pricklypear
- Japanese
- センニンサボテン
- Persian
- انجیر تیغی ایستاده
- Portuguese
- Palma-de-espinho
- Spanish
- Nopal Estricto
- Tamil
- நாகதாளி
Synonyms
- Cactus chilensis Colla
- Cactus chinensis Roxb.
- Cactus indicus Roxb.
- Cactus opuntia var. inermis DC.
- Cactus strictus Haw.
- Opuntia airampo Phil.
- Opuntia anahuacensis Griffiths
- Opuntia balearica F.A.C.Weber ex Hirscht
- Opuntia bartramii Raf.
- Opuntia bentonii Griffiths
- Opuntia chinensis (Roxb.) K.Koch
- Opuntia dillenii var. minor Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia dillenii var. orbiculata Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia dillenii var. reitzii Scheinvar
- Opuntia inermis (DC.) DC.
- Opuntia keyensis Britton ex Small
- Opuntia longiclada Griffiths
- Opuntia magnifica Small
- Opuntia maritima Raf.
- Opuntia melanosperma Svenson
- Opuntia nejapensis Bravo
- Opuntia parva A.Berger
- Opuntia stricta subsp. esparzae Scheinvar
- Opuntia stricta var. reitzii (Scheinvar) Scheinvar & A.Rodr.
- Opuntia stricta var. stricta
- Opuntia tenuiflora Small
- Opuntia tunoidea Gibbes
- Opuntia vulgaris var. balaerica F.A.C.Weber
- Opuntia zebrina Small
- Pilocereus flavispinus Rümpler
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 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.