Opuntia spp.

Prickly pear

Family: Cactaceae
 
  Opuntia - prickly pear photos (V. Lohr)
Opuntia chlorotica
  Photo by:
Brother Alfred Brousseau
(CalPhotos)		 Opuntia chlorotica (Br. A. Brousseau)
Opuntia littoralis fruit 
Photo by:
Brother Alfred Brousseau
(CalPhotos)		 Opuntia littoralis fruit (Br. A. Brousseau) Opuntia aurantiaca stuck in a boot (L. Tanner)
Opuntia aurantiaca
Photo by:
Les Tanner, North West Weeds
(Forestry Images.Org)

Links: 
1.  Plant form of Opuntia microdasys (Xenomorph, Dave's Garden)
2.  Numerous beautiful Opuntia images (Friedrich A. Lohmueller)

Return to Hort 232 - List 5
Virginia Lohr , Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
WSU's Disclaimer & Freedom of Expression Policy
Page updated February 19, 2009