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It is a species of Opuntia (prickly pear) that is endemic to Mexico. The cactus occurs in mountain habitats , in the states of: San Luis Potosí , Tamaulipas , Zacatecas , Guanajuato , and Querétaro .
Opuntia aciculata, also called Chenille pricklypear, [2] [3] [4] old man's whiskers, and cowboy's red whiskers, [4] is a perennial dicot and an attractive ornamental cactus native to Texas.
Opuntia polyacantha grows up to 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) tall. It forms low mats of pads which may be 2–3 m (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 9 + 7 ⁄ 8 ft) wide. [3] Its succulent green pads are oval or circular and reach 27 by 18 cm (10 + 5 ⁄ 8 by 7 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) wide.
Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and showy flowers. [1] Cacti are well-adapted to aridity; however, they are still vulnerable to alterations in precipitation and temperature driven by climate change. [ 2 ]
Opuntia gosseliniana, commonly known as the violet pricklypear, is a species of cactus that is native to Pima County, Arizona in the United States and Baja California, Chihuahua, and Sonora in Mexico.
Common English names for the plant and its fruit are Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig, cactus pear, prickly pear, and spineless cactus, among many others. [3] In Mexican Spanish, the plant is called nopal, a name that may be used in American English as culinary terms. Peninsular Spanish mostly uses higo chumbo for the fruit and chumbera for the ...
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Opuntia humifusa, commonly known as the devil's-tongue, [2] eastern prickly pear or Indian fig, is a cactus of the genus Opuntia present in parts of the eastern United States and northeastern Mexico. [ 3 ]