Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. macrorhiza

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Opuntia compressa J.F. Macbr. var. grandiflora (Engelm.) Weniger, Opuntia compressa J.F. Macbr. var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) L. Benson, Opuntia compressa J.F. Macbr. var. stenochila (Engelm.) Weniger, Opuntia grandiflora Engelm., Opuntia leptocarpa MacKensen, Opuntia mackensenii Rose, Opuntia plumbea Rose, Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & Bigelow

Common names:

Big-flower pricklypear [Bigflower pricklypear] (1942) (155)

Large-flower opuntia [Large-flowered opuntia] (1937, OK) (97)

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

Twisted-spine cactus (1913-1937) (5, 97)

Twist-spine prickly pear [Twistspine pricklypear] (1942-Present) (50, 155)