Summary[edit] Description: Fuschia colored blossoms of a prickly pear cactus on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Flower color varies from yellow to red to the most common on Seedskadee NWR of fuschia. For a few weeks each summer, fuschia colors the sage dominated landscape. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 22 June 2014, 18:46. Source: Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha) Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.
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, 13:36. Source: Opuntia polyacantha. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Description: plains pricklypear cactus is prone to die by fire if not naturally and in either case the dead or dying are replaced by other species. Date: 18 June 2009, 12:04. Source: Opuntia polycantha Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location43° 34′ 20.75″ N, 112° 52′ 56.24″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 43.572430; -112.882289.
Summary[edit] Description: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Small hills along road SR-30 in Rich County, Utah. Date: 26 June 2016, 12:31. Source: 2016.06.26_12.31.39_DSC05024. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Fuschia colored blossoms of a prickly pear cactus on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Before the flowers fully open, they look a lot like a rose. Flower color varies from yellow to red to the most common on Seedskadee NWR of fuschia. For a few weeks each summer, fuschia colors the sage dominated landscape. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 19 June 2014, 08:22. Source: plant Opuntia polyacantha prickly pear cactus Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.
Summary[edit] Description: Polski: Opuntia polyacantha z drogi Shafera w Parku Narodowym Canyonlands English: Opuntia polyacantha in Canyonlands National Park near Shafer Road. Date: 27 August 2011, 16:25:50. Source: Own work. Author: Glysiak.
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, 09:24. Source: Opuntia polyacantha. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
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. Date: 29 May 2016, 06:52. Source: 2016.05.29_06.52.42_DSC04591. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Small hills along road SR-30 in Rich County, Utah. Date: 26 June 2016, 14:13. Source: 2016.06.26_14.13.46_DSC05041. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Opuntia polyacantha Upper Ruby River, Madison County, Montana. Date: 28 June 2015, 12:15:23. Source: Own work. Author: Mike Cline. Camera location 44° 55′ 14″ N, 111° 59′ 37″ W: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 44.920556; -111.993611.
Summary[edit] Description: plains pricklypear cactus is prone to die by fire if not naturally and in either case the dead or dying are replaced by other species. Date: 18 June 2009, 12:01. Source: Opuntia polycantha Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location43° 34′ 20.75″ N, 112° 52′ 56.24″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 43.572430; -112.882289.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Opuntia trichophora growing in Westwater Canyon of the Colorado River, Utah. Date: 17 July 2015, 19:35:15. Source: Own work. Author: Evolvulux.
Summary[edit] Description: Friendly neighbors: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae), and Mojave kingcup cactus (Echinocereus mojavensis syn. Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. mojavensis), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Stansbury Range above the Lookout Pass along the Pony Express Route. Date: 2 May 2015, 10:09. Source: 2015.05.02_10.09.33_IMG_1748. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria, near NM Hwy. 9 south of Mount Riley, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 11 Oct 2014. Date: 11 October 2014, 17:18. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Description: Opuntia polyacantha (var. erinacea?) in a burned area on the south ridge of Virgin Peak, southern Nevada (elev about 1800 m). Date: 19 May 2007. Source: Own work. Author: Stan Shebs. Stan Shebs, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following licenses: : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. Attribution: Stan Shebs. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. Attribution: Stan Shebs. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue. You may select the license of your choice.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria, near NM Hwy. 9 south of Mount Riley, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 11 Oct 2014. Date: 11 October 2014, 17:12. Source: Opuntia arenaria. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Description: Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea on Blue Diamond Hill, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada. Date: 28 September 2006. Source: Own work. Author: Stan Shebs. Stan Shebs, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following licenses: : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. Attribution: Stan Shebs. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. Attribution: Stan Shebs. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue. You may select the license of your choice.
Description: Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea at Columbia Pass, southern Spring Mountains, west of Goodsprings, Nevada. Date: June 2005. Source: Own work. Author: Stan Shebs. Stan Shebs, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following licenses: : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. Attribution: Stan Shebs. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. Attribution: Stan Shebs. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue. You may select the license of your choice.
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.