Summary[edit] Description: This one did not flower yet. It is much more spiny than O. aurea. The presence of spines on the future fruits may suggest that this is the Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Johnson Lakes Canyon, Kane County, Utah. Opuntia phaeacantha, by [/photos/tonyfrates/ Tony Frates] suggestion. Date: 29 May 2016, 07:04. Source: 2016.05.29_07.04.23_DSC04604. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:24. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:46. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria west of the West Potrillo Mountains, east-southeast of Eagle Nest, Luna County, New Mexico, 12 Mar 2016. Date: 12 March 2016, 12:18. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:29. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Two prockly plants: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae), and New Mexico thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum), Aster family (Asteraceae). Johnson Lakes Canyon, Kane County, Utah. Date: 7 May 2017, 09:32. Source: 2017.05.06_08.32.27_IMG_0575. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria, near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:15. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia polyacantha, Dugout Ranch, northeast of Canyonlands National Park near the junction of UT Hwy. 211 and Beef Basin Rd., 38.083 -109.569, San Juan County, Utah, 18 May 2016. Date: 18 May 2016, 13:13. Source: Opuntia polyacantha. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM. Camera location38° 04′ 58.8″ N, 109° 34′ 08.4″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 38.083000; -109.569000.
Summary[edit] Description: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). One mile south from Duchesne, along Hwy 191, Utah. Date: 24 May 2015, 12:42. Source: 2015.05.24_12.42.50_IMG_2350. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria west of the West Potrillo Mountains, east-southeast of Eagle Nest, Luna County, New Mexico, 12 Mar 2016. Date: 12 March 2016, 12:18. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:45. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:36. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria, near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 18:56. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:39. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Manti-LaSal National Forest near Birdseye, Utah. Date: 18 June 2015, 09:39. Source: 2016.06.18_09.39.10_DSC04939. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria near Black Mountain, south of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 7 Dec 2014. Date: 7 December 2014, 19:15. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Along Hwy 24 in Capitol Reef Nat. Park, Utah. Source: 2017.04.16_08.25.30_IMG_0228. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia polyacantha, near Pool Creek in Dinosaur National Monument, 40.499,-109.013, Moffat County, Colorado, 18 Jun 2008. Date: 18 June 2008, 09:26. Source: Opuntia polyacantha. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Zion Nat. Park, west of Springdale, Utah. Date: 23 April 2016, 08:04. Source: 2016.04.23_08.04.42_DSC03645. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Bees on Opuntia polyacantha at the confluence of the Rio Grande and the Red RIver, north-northwest of Taos, 36.653 -105.691, Taos County, New Mexico, 21 May 2008. Date: 21 May 2008, 11:45. Source: Bees. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM. Camera location36° 39′ 10.8″ N, 105° 41′ 27.6″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 36.653000; -105.691000.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia polyacantha, near Pool Creek in Dinosaur National Monument, 40.499,-109.013, Moffat County, Colorado, 18 Jun 2008. Date: 18 June 2008, 09:27. Source: Opuntia polyacantha. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.