Bird-foot Pricklypear

Griffiths, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 19: 266, 1908 Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium O. discata has some similarities with O. engelmannii Original Description What is Opuntia discata? Opuntia discata is a handsome, large pricklypear cactus. It is ascending and compact to 1-1.4 m tall and often wider than tall. The distinctive, white spines provide […]