Prickly Pear

Opuntia — commonly called prickly pear–are cacti that usually have pad-like and flattened or sometime cylindrical and club-shaped or spherical segmented branches. Optunia bear funnel- or bowl-shaped flowers usually at the tips or from the sides of branch segments. Optunia bear spiny obovoid or spherical fruits called prickly pears. In a few species, the prickly pears are […] More