Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Opuntia polyacantha Haw.

Origin: native

Common names:

Cactus (1905, MT) (101)

Many-spined opuntia (1913-1937) (5, 93, 97)

Michkidea (1905, Crow, MT, fruit) (101)

Plains prickly pear [Plains pricklypear] (1942-Present) (4, 50, 155)

Pomme de racquette (1905, French, MT, fruit) (101)

Prickly pear [Prickly-pear, Pricklypear] (1905, MT) (101)

Prickly pear cactus [Pricklypear cactus] (1933, ND) (127)

Tunas (1905, Spanish, MT, fruit) (101)