These are Opuntias that are small or bloom well while small. They may make excellent pot plants.
Salm-Dyck, Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae Anno 1849. 236. Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (O. ballii); Herbarium (O. ballii) Original Description What is Opuntia pottsii? Opuntia pottsii is a small prickly pear cactus with colorful flowers. It is found in many regions of the West, but it is seldom abundant. It grows from about 3,500 ft
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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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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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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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