Prickly Pear Cactus A normally spineless variety of Opuntia cactus with large fruits growing on each pad. Mexico has 7.4 million acres under cultivation. This species of cactus is grown world-wide to feed people, livestock and to restore degraded soils.
Silver Dollar Prickly Pear (Opuntia Robusta) Opuntia robusta, the wheel cactus, nopal tapon, or camuesa, is a species of cactus in the family Cactaceae.