Desert Prickly-Pear, Opuntia phaeacantha

Photo of a sprawling Desert Prickly-Pear plant with large yellow flowers and green pads

Our common Prickly Pear with bright yellow flowers that are red at the base. The few spines on each pad point downward. The flowers of the rarer Engelmann's Prickly-Pear are completely yellow.

Closeup photo of the yellow flower of the Desert Prickly-Pear. The flower is a brilliant red at the base.