… is another Opuntia type cactus. It is a low-spreading spineless
perennial with flat, oval to roundish pads. The areoles contain
numerous short brown glochids (barbed bristles)
which can be painful if one brushes against them. It blooms from March
to June with bright rose to magenta flowers which appear on the upper
margins of the joints.
Beavertail Cactus • sketch – drawing • Lisa Rivas © 2009
The fruit is pear shaped commonly called prickly pear or cactus fig and measures more than an inch long, juicy and edible
when ripe. Also called “Tunas” in Mexico.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher
