Plains Prickly Pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
Plains prickly pear is a low, cold-hardy prickly pear of the Great Plains with yellow (sometimes red-centered) flowers and a deep storage root, tough for dry, sunny meadows.
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- AR, AZ, CO, IL, KS, MN, MO, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WI