WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO
PRICKLY PEAR CACTI (Opuntia)
YELLOW FLOWERS
SEARCH FOR CACTI, AGAVE, YUCCA, and other thorny plants
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Corypantha missouriensis
Nipple Cactus
Coryphantha sneedii
Silverlace Cactus
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1. Prickly Pear: jointed, flat, oval pads
2. Cholla: Jointed, tubular stems
3. Barrel cacti: Cylindrical stem, large
4. Hedgehog: Cylindrical stem, small; often clustered
5. Agave: Rosette of sword-like, succulent, thorn-tipped leaves; tall bloom stalk
6. Sotol: Rosette of long, flat, leaves lined with cat-claw thorns; tall bloom stalk
7. Yucca: Rosette with/without trunk, sword-like, thorn-tipped leaves
CHOLLA CACTI (Cylindropuntia, Grusonia)
YELLOW AND GREENISH FLOWERS
BARREL AND LARGED STEMMED CACTI (Echinocactus, Ferocactus)
HEDGEHOG CACTI AND SMALL-STEMMED CACTI
(Coryphantha, Echinocereus, Epithelantha), Glandulicactus, Mammillaria, Sclerocactus)
YELLOW AND GREENISH FLOWERS
YUCCAS (Yucca)
WITH TRUNK
AGAVES (Agave) | SOTOLS (Dasylirion) | OCOTILLO (Fouquieria)
BEARGRASS (Nolina)
Agave lechugilla:
Lechugilla
Agave parryi:
Parry’s Agave
RED AND PINK TO MAGENTA FLOWERS
Coryphantha tuberculosa
Cob Cactus
Corypantha vivipara
Beehive Cactus
Echinocereus viridiflorus ssp. chloranthus:
Green-flowered Hedgehog
Echinocereus viridiflorus ssp. chloranthus:
NM Rainbow Cactus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus:
Texas Rainbow Cactus
Echinocereus coccineus:
Claret Cup Cactus
RED FLOWERS
Cylindropuntia lepticaulis
Pencil Cholla
Grusonia clavata:
Club Cholla
RED, PINK, AND WHITISH FLOWERS
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Cane Cholla
Cylindropintia kleiniae
Candle Cholla
RED, PINK, MAGENTA, OR YELLOW TO ORANGE FLOWERS
Echinocactus horizonthalonius: Devil’s Head Cactus
Echinocactus texensis:
Horse Crippler Cactus
Glandulicactus uncinatus: Eagle Claw Cactus
Ferocactus wislizenii:
Fish-hook Barrel Cactus
Echinocereus enneacanthus:
Strawberry Hedgehog
Echinocereus fendleri:
Pink-flowered Hedgehog
Echinocereus reichenbachii:
Lace Cactus
Echinocereus stramineus
Strawberry Cactus
Echinocereus triglochidatus:
Kingcup Cactus
Epithelantha micromeris:
Button Cactus
Sclerocactus cloverae: Clover’s Fishhook Cactus
Mammillaria grahamii: Graham’s Nipple Cactus
Opuntia engelmannii:
Englemann’s Prickly Pear
Opuntia fragilis:
Brittle Prickly Pear
Opuntia macrocentra:
Long-spine Prickly Pear
Opuntia macrorhiza: Plains Prickly Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha:
Brown-spine Prickly Pear
Opuntia polyacantha:
Hair-spine Prickly Pear
Opuntia tortispina:
Twisted-spine Prickly Pear
WHITE FLOWERS
Echinomastus intertextus:
Woven-spine Pineapple Cactus
Fouquieria spelendens:
Ocotillo
WITHOUT TRUNK
Yucca baccata:
Banana Yucca
Yucca treculeana:
Trecul Yucca
Yucca elata:
Soaptree Yucca
Mammillaria heyderi:
Nipple Cactus
Mammillaria lasiacantha:
Golf Ball Cactus
WHITE TO CREAM FLOWERS
Opuntia polyacantha:
Hair-spine Prickly Pear
Sclerocactus parviflorus: Small-flowered Fishhook Cactus
Yucca intermedia:
Narrowleaf Yucca
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Yucca glauca: Soapweed Yucca
Mammillaria wrightii:
Wright’s Fishhook Cactus
Dasylirion wheeleri: Sotol
Cylindropintia spinosior
Wlalkingstick Cholla
Cylindropuntia whiplei
Whipple Cholla
Nolina greenei: Beargrass