Echinocereus
- hedgehog cereus
Cactus of the genus Echinocereus.
- rainbow cactus
A stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico.
Opuntia
- prickly pear
Cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often...
- cholla
Arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States...
Also contains
- echinocactus
Any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern...
- peyote
A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.
- garambulla
Arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit.
- night-blooming cereus
Any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus.
- pitahaya
Cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit.
- epiphyllum
Any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems...
- barrel cactus
A cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs...
- Easter cactus
Spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes...
- night-blooming cereus
Any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus.
- chichipe
Tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit.
- mammillaria
Any cactus of the genus Mammillaria.
- feather ball
A low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico.
- Knowlton's cactus
Small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species.
- nopal
Any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears.
- mistletoe cactus
A plant of the genus Rhipsalis.
- Christmas cactus
Epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having...
- crab cactus
South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant;...
- rattail cactus
Commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very...
- living rock
Usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having...
- saguaro
Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a...
- night-blooming cereus
Any of several cacti of the genus Cereus.
- coryphantha
A cactus of the genus Coryphantha.