Texas Prickly Pear | Englemann's Prickly Pear Cactus

CACTACEAE
Cactus Family
Opuntia engelmannii

Photos: Lampasas County, Texas
May & August 2006


         

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Flower Details

2 to 10 feet tall.
Yellow | Yellow-Orange | Red
Western U.S. | Mexico

Pears are edible and can be used in making jelly.