You're scrolling through social media to see a beautiful plant captioned as a prickly pear and suddenly think, 'that looks an awful lot like my Christmas cactus.' Closer inspection of your ...

The prickly pear cactus is probably the most identifiable plant (besides the saguaro) in the Sonoran Desert. The species most often seen in the wild here is Engelmann prickly pear, or Opuntia ...

Being a true cactus, these plants prosper in well-drained soils with full sunlight. Prickly pear cacti have some rather unique physical characteristics. The stems or leaf pads of the plant absorb ...

It takes a pretty tough plant to thrive here and the prickly pear cactus is definitely one of them. It has to be Texas’s state plant. But what about the bluebonnet, you say? That is the state ...

To the amazement of most, the eastern prickly pear cactus is an Illinois native plant. UI Extension To the amazement of most, the eastern prickly pear cactus is an Illinois native plant.

In parts of Texas, the prickly pear cactus is everywhere — potted outside ... the prickly pear fruit didn’t budge or dry out, due to the plant’s unique structure. “Usually fruits are ...

A close-up of Opuntia, commonly known as prickly pear cactus ... Fast forward to today, cactus water is one of the hottest plant-based drinks that's making waves in the functional beverage ...