Index / Search / Opuntia macrorhiza
§1 Plant
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.
vernacular twistspine pricklypear — species · Cactaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Opuntia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 312 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 312 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Pueblo 08101
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 93 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Moniteau 29135
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Polk 29167
- Saline 29195
- St. Clair 29185
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Cherry 31031
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Jefferson 31095
- Knox 31107
- Merrick 31121
- Nemaha 31127
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
New Mexico view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Burnet 48053
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Comal 48091
- Crane 48103
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- Ector 48135
- Gillespie 48171
- Gray 48179
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hall 48191
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Johnson 48251
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Lubbock 48303
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Walker 48471
- Wheeler 48483
- Willacy 48489
- Winkler 48495
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OPMA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384048 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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