Cactaceae
Woollyjoint pricklypear
Opuntia tomentosa
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 绒毛团扇
- English
- Woollyjoint pricklypear, Velvety tree pear
Synonyms
- Cactus hernandezii (DC.) Oken
- Cactus sylvestris Lancry
- Cactus tomentosus Link
- Nopal silvestre Thierry ex Rümpler
- Nopalea sylvestre Thierry-Menonv.
- Opuntia hernandezii DC.
- Opuntia hernandezii var. typica Rol.-Goss.
- Opuntia icterica Griffiths
- Opuntia macdougaliana Rose
- Opuntia micrarthra Griffiths
- Opuntia oblongata H.Wendl.
- Opuntia rileyi J.G.Ortega
- Opuntia sarca Griffiths ex Scheinvar
- Opuntia spraguei G.J.Ortega
- Opuntia tomentella A.Berger
- Opuntia tomentosa var. hernandezii (DC.) Bravo
- Opuntia tomentosa var. herrerae Scheinvar
- Opuntia tomentosa var. rileyi (J.G.Ortega) Backeb.
- Opuntia tomentosa var. spraguei (J.G.Ortega) Backeb.
- Opuntia velutina var. macdougaliana (Rose) Bravo
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Schnucki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schnucki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schnucki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schnucki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, 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.