Cactaceae

Vasey's coastal pricklypear

Opuntia × vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia

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Vasey's coastal pricklypear: Opuntia ×vaseyi—Vasey's prickly pear. A nothospecies (natural hybrid) between O. littoralis and O. phaeacantha. Photographed at the Regional Parks Botanic Garde — Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Vasey's coastal pricklypear

Synonyms

Opuntia covillei Britton & Rose
Opuntia covillei Britton & Rose
Opuntia covillei var. peircei Munz
Opuntia humifusa var. vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) A.Heller
Opuntia littoralis var. austrocalifornica L.D.Benson & Walk.
Opuntia littoralis var. vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) L.D.Benson & Walk.
Opuntia magenta Griffiths
Opuntia magenta Griffiths
Opuntia mesacantha var. vaseyi J.M.Coult.
Opuntia occidentalis var. covillei (Britton & Rose) Parish
Opuntia occidentalis var. covillei (Britton & Rose) Parish
Opuntia occidentalis var. vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) Munz
Opuntia phaeacantha var. covillei (Britton & Rose) Fosberg
Opuntia rafinesquei var. vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) K.Schum.
Opuntia rubiflora Davidson
Opuntia rubiflora Davidson
Opuntia rugosa Griffiths
Opuntia rugosa Griffiths
Opuntia vaseyi var. magenta Parish

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, 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.