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: 27 May 2016, 11:04. Source: 2016.05.27_11.04.07_IMG_5781. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
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, 18:36. Source: Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha) on Seedskadee NWR. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.
Summary[edit] Description: Plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha), Cactus family (Cactaceae). Chimney Rock Trail in Capitol Reef Nat. Park, Utah. Source: 2017.04.17_08.03.09_IMG_0333. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: The relative abundance of this cactus may have no relationship to the amount of disturbance due to overstocking and such. Date: 29 June 2009, 14:57. Source: Opuntia polyacantha Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location43° 50′ 32.71″ N, 112° 37′ 59.01″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 43.842419; -112.633059.
Summary[edit] Description: Opuntia arenaria, east side of the Rio Grande Valley west of the North Franklin Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 23 Apr 2016. Date: 23 April 2016, 09:01. 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, 09:38. Source: 2016.06.18_09.38.54_DSC04937. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: 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, 11:48. Source: Opuntia polyacantha. 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.
Description: Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. Date: May 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_07.04.35_DSC04605. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: Opuntia polyacantha (var. hystricina or erinacea) in middle Lee Canyon near the road, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada (elev. about 2000 m). Date: 28 May 2008. 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?) 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 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, 11:43. Source: Opuntia polyacantha. 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.