Opuntia Species, Creeping Beavertail, Golden Pricklypear, Yellow Beavertail

This plant is native to Southern Utah and perhaps into parts of Northern Arizona. I have a pink flowering one that was sent to me by a ga...Read Morerdener in Nevada. It grows well here in Arizona. It has glochids and spines. It's worth the glochids to get the bright pink/purplish flower. It hybridizes well with O. engelmannii creating a red flowered hybrid. I have yet to breed them, I had one flower this year, I will be getting some more plants from someone in Utah to increase my chances.

I love Opuntia for their form and their flowers. Yes they have glochids. They hurt. But at the same time I will brave them all and let Opuntia take over my yard for when they have flowers.

Very cold tolerant. I found it growing with a thin covering of snow and ice in Zion Park, Utah. I can't attest to the flowers as it was J...Read Moreanuary and not in bloom, but it was everywhere and very pretty in its natural setting.

Another syn. for Opuntia aurea is (syn. Opuntia basilaris var. woodburyi), as a variety of O. basilaris, its publication was never official excepted.

Magenta flowers may occur in this species through introgression.