Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

Family: Cactaceae

Origin: native

Common names:

Devil's-tongue [Devil's tongue] (1913-Present) (50, 5)

Eastern prickly pear (1986) (4)

Pidahatus (Pawnee) (1919) (37)

Prickly pear (1919) (37)

Unchela (1919, Dakota, 1919fruit was called Unchela taspun) (37)

Western prickly pear [Western prickly-pear] (1899-1936) (5, 72, 85, 93, 95, 131)

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