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close-up macro photo of yellow and red flowers with a multitude of spines of a fire barrel cactus (Ferocactus pilosus) native to central and northern Mexico.

A leafy opuntia microdasys full of annoying little spikes

Prickly pear; The fruit of Opuntia, a cactus genus, is a succulent and very juicy fruit that can be grown in the desert regions of Central and North America, in Turkey, on the Mediterranean and Aegean coastlines. After cleaning its thorny surface, it can be eaten or juiced.

Optunia Prickly-pear flower in- bloom. Arizona Cactus Garden in Palo Alto, California.

Prickly Pear Fruit

Close up of Prickly Pear cactus ruby red fruit in Saguaro National Park East in Tucson, Arizona, during fruiting season

Colorful Vibrant Prickly Pears Full Frame

San Luis Potosi Highlands, Mexico, March 26 -- A farmer pick up Cabuches under a very hot sun in the San Luis Potosi desert in central Mexico. Cabuches are the buds of a cactus known as Red Biznaga found in the highlands of the San Luis Potosí region. In the months of March and April, when the desert is dressed in colors, the farmers make their two or three day trips to collect this natural product, used to make delicious dishes of the Mexican gastronomic tradition.

Opuntia rufida, commonly known as blind prickly pear or cow blinder, is a species of prickly pear cactus native to southwestern Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows on rocky slopes. The species makes up for its total lack of spines with a profusion of red-brown glochids.

Cactus. Cane Chola Cylindropuntia spinosior on a background of blue sky. Arizona, USA

Plains pricklypear in blossom at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA

Cactus flower, Indian fig.

This is a photograph of a blooming cactus in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, USA on a spring day.

Cowtongue cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) growing in botanical garden

Cactus is also a plant that is rich in high quality fiber. Cactus fruit extract can be used as a dietary supplement, as a weight loss pill, helping to reduce the absorption of fat into the body, and as a fat dissolving drug. It can control blood sugar levels. In addition, it is believed that cactus is an auspicious plant that helps improve your luck as well.

San Luis Potosi Highlands, Mexico, March 26 -- A farmer pick up Cabuches under a very hot sun in the San Luis Potosi desert in central Mexico. Cabuches are the buds of a cactus known as Red Biznaga found in the highlands of the San Luis Potosí region. In the months of March and April, when the desert is dressed in colors, the farmers make their two or three day trips to collect this natural product, used to make delicious dishes of the Mexican gastronomic tradition.

Prickly pear cactus from Rodeo, New Mexico

Scenes from the Sonoran Desert outside of Tucson Arizona including multiple types of cacti and desert wildflowers.

Prickly pears (Opuntia ficus-barbarica) with blue sky on the background

The Cactus Plant in the Half Sun Light

Saguaro cacti in Arizona, near Tucson, AZ.

Cegador Cactus at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Arizona

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Cactus with flowers in a sunny day

A large prickly pear cactus is just starting to bloom in the summer in the arid soil.

Cactus and Bluebonnets Texas Spring time in the rural country farm lands around Austin Texas

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Spikey green succulent.

Cactus flowers,

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