tweeting as @wildBluePhlox find us on Facebook
HomeSearchBrowseIdentifyBuyLogin
Home > Detail

Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa)

Image ID: 2013/oth31

Tap/mouseover and drag to zoom/pan.

Native
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Blooms: May to August
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  2.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Parts indistinct
Date:  6/18/2013
Notes: Taken on Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail, Escalante, Utah
All photos of this species
Register/Sign-in to start a Favorites List
More photos of this flower

We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

The Herbalist