RF2CKXR4C–Englemann’s prickly pear cactus in bloom with bright yellow flowers. It is common across the south-central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It goes by a variety of names, including cow's tongue cactus, cow tongue prickly pear, desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear, and Texas prickly pear in the US, and nopal, abrojo, joconostle, and vela de coyote in Mexico.
RMF8PHNY–Texas prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) fruits native to Southwestern USA and Mexico
RMBEM9CB–Engelmann's prickly pear (Opuntia engelmannii) cactus showing fruit and flower, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, US
RMAYDN55–Engelmann's prickly pear at c 8000 ft, Sierra Nevada, USA. Yellow flower
RM2FR312W–Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii), Texas, USA, by James D Coppinger/Dembinsky Photo Assoc
RMA27CW8–Engelmann s Prickly pear cactus on recent lava flow Near Chorizozo New Mexico
RMDNFFTG–Texas Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia engelmannii, in desert in southwest Texas
RFWTCR9K–Engelmann's Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms Photographed in early summer at the Botanical Gardens in New Mexico
RM2AJFCWT–The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . -Iyemaireocereus godingianus. *Riccobono in error spells it tenellianus. LEMAIRE< (CEREUS. 93 times 5 to 6 cm. long; areoles i (. 2 cm. apart; flowers appearing at or near the top of the plant,red, small, narrowly campanulate, about 4 cm. long; ovary bearing small scales subtending wooland bristly spines; fruit red, spiny, globular, about 3 cm. in diameter; spines deciduous; seeds dull,pitted. Type locality: Mexico. Distribution: Southern Mexico. The fruit is known in the markets as joconostle and sometimes as t
RF2A3PA9D–Close-up of Opuntia engelmanniio or prickly pear cactus
RF2BH6AFW–Engelmann's Prickly Pear (Opunita engelmannii) in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona USA
RM2FR33YT–Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii), Texas, USA, by James D Coppinger/Dembinsky Photo Assoc
RMDNFFTP–Texas Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia engelmannii, in southwest Texas.
RFWTCN81–Engelmann's Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms Photographed in early summer at the Botanical Gardens in New Mexico
RFWTCH24–Engelmann's Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms Photographed in early summer at the Botanical Gardens in New Mexico
RF2A3P9X4–Close-up of Opuntia engelmanniio or prickly pear cactus
RMRFR27F–. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. LEMAIRIiOCEKEUS. 93 times 5 to 6 cm. long; areoles i to 2 cm. apart; flowers appearing at or near the top of the plant, red, small, narrowly campanulate, about 4 cm. long; ovary bearing small scales subtending wool and bristly spines; fruit red, spiny, globular, about 3 cm. in diameter; spines deciduous; seeds dull, pitted. Type locality: Mexico. Distribution: Southern Mexico. The fruit is known in the markets as joconostle and sometimes as tuna. The above description is drawn from Dr. Rose's specimens, which seem to represent L. stcllatus, but
RM2FR32Y3–Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii), Texas, USA, by James D Coppinger/Dembinsky Photo Assoc
RFWTCK61–Engelmann's Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms Photographed in early summer at the Botanical Gardens in New Mexico
RM2FR3215–Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii), Texas, USA, by James D Coppinger/Dembinsky Photo Assoc
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