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These are Opuntias used as garden plant because they have purple pads, attractive spines, relatively small sizes, colorful flower displays, easy growth, or reliable performance.

Opuntia azurea

Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear

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Rose, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 12(7): 291, 1909 Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (O. azurea diplopurpurea); Holotype (O. azurea diplopurpurea); Holotype (O. azurea discolor); Herbarium (O. azurea discolor); Herbarium (O. azurea parva); Herbarium (O. azurea parva); Herbarium (O. azurea parva); Herbarium (O. azurea parva); Painting (possible O. azurea); O. […]

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Opuntia aurea, Zion Beavertail Cactus

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Baxter, Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) 5(6): 489, 1933 Holotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia aurea? Opuntia aurea is a prostrate, mat-forming prickly-pear of southern Utah and adjacent northern Arizona. Plants typically creep outward in low patches rather than forming upright shrubs,

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Opuntia atrispina, Black-and-yellow-spine Pricklypear

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Griffiths, Annual Report Missouri Botanical Garden 21: 172, 1910 Holotype, Isotype, Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Drawing (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, plate XXV, top right) Original Citation What is Opuntia atrispina? Opuntia atrispina is treated here as a distinct black-spined prickly-pear of southwestern Texas (with a larger distribution in Mexico). On this site it is

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Opuntia arenaria

Opuntia arenaria, Sand Cactus

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Engelmann, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 301, 1856/1857 Lectotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Citation What is Opuntia arenaria? Opuntia arenaria is a small, dry-fruited prickly pear of the greater El Paso region (adjacent New Mexico into far-west Texas), typically forming low, creeping mats on sandy or silty soils. Although

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Opuntia aciculata, Chenille pricklypear

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Griffiths, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29(3): 10, 1916 Lectotype; Isolectotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Color Plate (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, plate XXVIII) Original Citation What is Opuntia acicualta? Opuntia aciculata is a medium-to-robust prickly-pear distinguished by the chenille-like rings of long, bristly glochids at each areole. True spines are absent or few and

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