Prickly pear
Opuntia ficus-indica
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Opuntia ficus-indica
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactus
- Continent
- North America
- Habitat
- Desert
- Form
- Succulent
- Leaves
- Leafless
- Flower colour
- Yellow, Orange
- Blooms in
- Spring, Summer
- Use
- Food
- Conservation status
- Data deficient
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Cochineal insects live on it, and people make red dye from them.
- In Australia it spread over millions of hectares until a South American moth brought it under control.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q144412 · All plants · All entries