| Opuntia phaeacantha |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
| Order: |
Caryophyllales |
| Family: |
Cactaceae |
| Genus: |
Opuntia |
| Species: |
O. phaeacantha |
| Binomial name |
Opuntia phaeacantha
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| Synonyms |
List
- Opuntia angustata Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia blakeana Rose
- Opuntia canada Griffiths
- Opuntia chihuahuensis Rose
- Opuntia comanchica Urlandt
- Opuntia confusa Griffiths
- Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rose
- Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia engelmannii var. wootonii (Griffiths) Fosberg
- Opuntia eocarpa Griffiths
- Opuntia gilvescens Griffiths
- Opuntia gregoriana Griffiths
- Opuntia laevis var. canada (Griffiths) Peebles
- Opuntia mesacantha var. sphaerocarpa J.M.Coult. ex Wooton & Standl.
- Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia platyacantha f. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle
- Opuntia recurvospina Griffiths
- Opuntia rubrifolia Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia superbospina Griffiths
- Opuntia toumeyi Rose
- Opuntia woodsii Backeb.
- Opuntia wootonii Griffiths
- Opuntia zuniensis Griffiths
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Opuntia phaeacantha is a species of prickly pear cactus known by the common names brown-spine prickly pear, tulip prickly pear, and desert prickly pear, which is found across the southwestern United States, lower Great Plains, and northern Mexico. The plant forms dense but localized thickets. Several varieties of this particular species occur, and it may hybridize with other prickly pears, making identification sometimes tricky.