Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck

Family: Cactaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Opuntia engelmanii Salm.

Common names:

Cactus-apple [Cactus apple] (Present) (50)

Engelmann's prickly pear [Engelmann pricklypear] (1942) (155)

Indian fig (1919) (107)

Prickly-pear cactus [Prickly pear cactus] (1896, AZ) (76)

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