![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/26t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/01t.jpg) Orange flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/02t.jpg) Redeye prickly pear cactus (Engelmann prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow and orange flowers of Engelmann prickly pear cactus (Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/12t.jpg) Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of Claret cup cactus in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/20t.jpg) Button cactus (Epithelantha micromeris) with red fruits in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/02t.jpg) Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on yellow bracted strawflower in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/679/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on a yellow flower of aster family in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 19, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/895/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on masses of flowers of yankeeweed (Eupatorium compositifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/13t.jpg) Devil s shoestring (Nolina lindhemeriana) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/643/jpeg/09t.jpg) Twelve-spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on zinnia flower in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/16t.jpg) Candelilla plant (Desert Candle, Euphorbia antisyphillitica) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dry aster seeds in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/21t.jpg) Tulipan del monte (Hibiscus cardiophyllus) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/22t.jpg) Common trumpet creeper (Foxglove vine, Campsis radicans) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/24t.jpg) Milkweed (Antelope horns, Asclepias asperula) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/15t.jpg) Succulent in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/25t.jpg) Reakirt s Blue (Echinargus isola) butterfly on Antelope horns milkweed (Asclepias asperula) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/16t.jpg) Red succulent flowers in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/18t.jpg) Palafoxia callosa in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/14t.jpg) Water cistern in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/19t.jpg) Palafoxia hookeriana flower in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/21t.jpg) Water-primrose (Ludwigia) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/896/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spotted cucumber beetles (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 7, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/20t.jpg) Crag lily (Anthericum torreyi) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/896/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spotted cucumber beetles (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on Mexican Sunflower in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 14, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/725/jpeg/19t.jpg) Shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium in Independence. Texas, March 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/03t.jpg) Netted milkvine (Matelea reticulata) flower, with flat starlike green petal lobes with netlike markings and the shiny pearly white central dome, on Woodland Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/18t.jpg) Vegetative shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/15t.jpg) Rapidly growing vegetative shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/17t.jpg) Rapidly growing vegetative shoot of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) with fleshy, green, leaf-like phylloclades in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/16t.jpg) Flower bud of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/887/jpeg/16t.jpg) Banded cucumber beetle (Diabrotica balteata) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 16, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/736/jpeg/19t.jpg) Snail feeding on a fresh young pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/05t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus near Fishing Beach. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/574/jpeg/04t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus (zoomed) near Fishing Beach. Sandy Hook, New Jersey, March 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/740/jpeg/13t.jpg) New growth of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/745/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dried sap of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/738/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blooming Prickly pears (Opuntia) cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2654/jpeg/07t.jpg) Skeleton of a dry pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/02t.jpg) Skeleton of a dry pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2662/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry pad skeleton of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/735/jpeg/15t.jpg) New growth shoot (apical meristem) of Opuntia cactus (pricly pears) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/214/jpeg/37t.jpg) Prickly pears (sabra) cactus on the roadside in Nizzanim. The Middle East, July 19, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/13t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus in snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus in prairie in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/686/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus on East Trail in Lost Maples State Natural Area. Vanderpool, Texas, November 8, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/10t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) together with Parmotrema and Physcia on an old pad of prickly pear cactus in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/121/jpeg/07t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus (known as sabra in Israel) in downtown Beer-Sheva, at intersection of Rager and Tuvyahu Street. The Middle East, February 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/640/jpeg/21t.jpg) Sprout of prickly pears cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cactus in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/14t.jpg) Purple spineless prickly pears cactus in Davis Mountains State Park. Fort Davis, Texas, December 29, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/936/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 30, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/640/jpeg/22t.jpg) Emerging sprout (new pad) of prickly pears cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/15t.jpg) Magenta tinged prickly pears cactus on northern hill in Davis Mountains State Park. Fort Davis, Texas, December 29, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/13t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain with prickly pears cactus in foreground, view from upper Roadside Park. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/04t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus on a small ridge near Juniper Canyon Trail south from Upper Juniper Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 22, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/728/jpeg/13t.jpg) Rapidly growing vegetative shoot of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) with glossy wax coating and fresh areolas bearing leaf primordia, spines and tufts of glochids in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/728/jpeg/12t.jpg) Rapidly growing vegetative shoot of prickly pear cactus with glossy wax coating and fresh areolas bearing leaf primordia, spines and tufts of glochids (barbed hairs) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/12t.jpg) Prickly shoot of dewberry (Rubus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/06t.jpg) Shoot of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tender young pad or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3132/jpeg/24t.jpg) Vegetative shoot of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2677/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young pad of prickly pears (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, March 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/783/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fruits of prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, July 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/14t.jpg) Green six-spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) on a muddy trail in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/742/jpeg/08t.jpg) Snail feeding on a green pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium in Independence. Texas, May 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/728/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tender young pad or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus with glossy wax coating and fresh areolas bearing leaf primordia, spines and tufts of glochids (barbed hairs) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/26t.jpg) Tender young pad or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) with glossy wax coating and fresh areolas bearing leaf primordia, spines and tufts of glochids (barbed hairs) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/22t.jpg) Cactus coreid bug Chelinidea vittiger on a pad of prickly pear cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3005/jpeg/02t.jpg) Nymphs of cactus bug Chelinidea vittiger feeding on prickly pear cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/675/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cactus coreid bug Chelinidea vittiger nymph on a pad of prickly pear cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1785/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Dahl Al Hamam Park at Al Markhiya Street. Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/642/jpeg/22t.jpg) Nymphs of cactus bug Chelinidea vittiger feeding on prickly pear cactus (discolored areas of opuntia is the result of punctures) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/10t.jpg) Prickly pears near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3403/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming prickly pears (Opuntia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/745/jpeg/24t.jpg) Young shoot of greenbrier vine (prickly-ivy, smilax, sarsaparilla) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/857/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cucumber beetle on a corn flower (Centaurea) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/09t.jpg) Prickly pears and yucca near El Capitan Trail. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/16t.jpg) Top view of young pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of young pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young pads of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/18t.jpg) Shoot of Horsetail (Scouring-bush, Equisetum hyemale), with fused minute leaves forming sheaths at regular intervals along the stem, in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2239/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pads of prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/03t.jpg) Texture of a pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3489/jpeg/04t.jpg) Prickly pear cactus on a mural "500 Anos de Resistencia" by Salvadoran artist Isaias Mata (1992) on 24th Street in Mission District of San Francisco. California, March 16, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2239/jpeg/25t.jpg) Prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) with yellow Senecio(?) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow flowers of prickly pears (Opuntia) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, April 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3156/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pad of prickly pears (Opuntia) with a bug in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/984/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pears in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 16, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1000/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pad of prickly pears in a forest in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3202/jpeg/15t.jpg) Prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2691/jpeg/01t.jpg) Prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2699/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow flowers of prickly pears (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1103/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fruits of prickly pears (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 10, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pad of pricly pears (opuntia) cactus with snow in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 10, 2008
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