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brittle prickly pear cactus for sale Prickly Pear Cactus, Brittle (skez'k) — Splitrock EnvironmentalBrittle Prickly Pear Cactus is a thorny succulent with individual segments of stems that are easily detached on wildlife or clothing. It has showy flowers that are yellowish in colour. Once the spines are removed Prickly Pear Cactus is edible, having a long history of use among local indigenous peoples. Latin Name Opuntia fragilis Type Forb Height and Spread 0. 3 1 m tall, often spreading along the ground. Up to 1 m spread. Bloom Colour Yellow to
Brittle Prickly Pear Cactus is a thorny succulent with individual segments of stems that are easily detached on wildlife or clothing. It has showy flowers that are yellowish in colour. Once the spines are removed Prickly Pear Cactus is edible, having a long history of use among local indigenous peoples.
| Latin Name | Opuntia fragilis | |
| Type | Forb | |
| Height and Spread | 0.3 – 1 m tall, often spreading along the ground. | Up to 1 m spread. |
| Bloom Colour | Yellow to peach coloured. | |
| Bloom Months | June/July | |
| Foliage Colour | Pale green with 1-3 cm barbed spikes. | |
| Seed Months | Late summer | |
| Light and Water | Hot open slopes with direct sunlight. | Grows in very dry arid conditions. |
| Ethnobotany Information | The stems of Prickly Pear Cactus have a long history as a food source for south interior Indigenous peoples, being eaten boiled, roasted, in soup, or baked into cakes. It was particularly important during times of famine. | |
| Wildlife Uses | Despite the barbed spines on this plant, it is an important food source for many species of wildlife in summer and fall. | |
| Garden Uses | When Brittle Prickly Pear Cactus blooms it is particularly beautiful and unique from other plants. It can be used in arid garden settings and landscaping, but as a cactus it can be painful if stepped on. | |
| Facts | Brittle Prickly Pear Cactus was also boiled into a cough syrup by the Secwepemc people. | |
| Propagation Techniques | Brittle Prickly Pear Cactus produces seeds, but the easiest propagation technique is to replant portions of the stem in new soil, effectively cloning the plant. | |
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★★★★★ 4
Good content but not great for Kindle
Format: Kindle
Solid writing with not-many editorial issues (rare these days so overall, that’s a thumbs up). Lots of links that take you to other pages, but in both a kindle and the kindle iOS app, you won’t find a way back to the original page, which is infuriating. Not super happy with the black-and-white photos, either.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2026
★★★★★ 3
More than a bit dry, but worth reading
Format: Hardcover
Nice, fresh look at Carthage. It can be a touch dry and in some places hard to read but worth the effort. Most histories of Carthage start and stop with the Punic Wars, this is a much more expansive look at Carthaginian and Phoenician history. Given its scope I would have expected a much larger book but Carthage was destroyed and along with it, so too was its history.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Syria
Format: Hardcover
great read and very informative
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Super fun read
Format: Paperback
Great read for Elementary school and middle school students. It's super fun and well written. All my kids really enjoyed it.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024
★★★★★ 5
great book
Format: Kindle
My 6 year old daughter really likes it. She wants to read #2. “I liked the ghosts,” she said. There’s sweet relationships between the characters and a fun mystery.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2024