Cactus apple
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 1.4 m
- wide
- 1.4 m
Cactaceae
Also called Cactus-apple, Engelmann's Prickly Pear
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. & SC. U.S.A. to MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Boething Treeland, one source
- Height
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from Boething Treeland, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from Boething Treeland, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Boething Treeland and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Boething Treeland and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Boething Treeland orange, yellow; Wikipedia red, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Boething Treeland, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 天人团扇, 牛舌掌
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Boething Treeland, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Opuntia engelmannii (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.