Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. trichophora (Engelm. & Bigelow) Coult.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Opuntia missouriensis DC., Opuntia trichophora (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Common names:

Hair-spine prickly pear [Hairspine pricklypear] (Present) (50)

Limber-spine cactus [Limber-spined cactus] (1937, OK) (97)

Missouri cactus (1878) (108)

Prickly pear [Prickly-pear, Pricklypear] (1897, KS) (145)