Opuntia Spp, also known as prickly pear, is a remarkable desert food that offers both nutritional value and versatility. Harvesting this unique plant requires skill to carefully remove its spines ...

The desert prickly-pear, known to botanists as Opuntia phaeacantha, is the Southwest's most widespread and abundant species of cactus. Unlike the giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) that is ...

Prickly pear cactus species (Opuntia spp.) are indigenious to the Americas, varying in height from 1 to 10 feet with yellow to red blooms.

The prickly pear cactus is probably the most identifiable plant (besides the saguaro) in the Sonoran Desert. The species most often seen in the wild here is Engelmann prickly pear, or Opuntia ...

When transplanting prickly pear cactus, handle the plant from the root ball, if possible, and wrap the main stem and paddles in paper. Use gloves that can be discarded. “Those little hairs can ...

Prickly pear cactus are all genus Opuntia, along with their cousins, the cigar-shaped cholla. Many are native to the American West, with many more ubiquitous throughout the warmer New World regions.

Prickly pear cactus are all genus Opuntia, along with their cousins, the cigar-shaped cholla. Many are native to the American West, with many more ubiquitous throughout the warmer New World regions.

Prickly pear is the official State Plant of Texas, designated in 1995. According to Ricky Linex in "Range Plants of North Central Texas," there are five species and several varieties in our area.

In other instances, a species has so many close relatives that its genus contains dozens of species. An example is Opuntia, which is also the genus of cactus with the widest geographical range ...

"There are over 200 species of prickly pear plants that grow all over the world," says Cheri Romanoski, who makes dozens of prickly pear products at Cheri's Desert Harvest in Tucson, Ariz.

A: Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifosa) is a winter-hardy, U.S.-native perennial that usually spreads into fairly large colonies. Not much bothers them, and they even thrive in lousy soil and ...