Angel's-wings vs Creeping Prickly-Pear

Opuntia microdasys compared with Opuntia humifusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Angel's-wings	Creeping Prickly-Pear
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family same	Cactaceae	Cactaceae
Genus same	Opuntia	Opuntia
Species	Opuntia microdasys	Opuntia humifusa

Evolutionary Relationship

Angel's-wings and Creeping Prickly-Pear share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Opuntia.

View Genus: Opuntia

Conservation Status

Angel's-wings

LC — Least Concern

Creeping Prickly-Pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Angel's-wings	Creeping Prickly-Pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Angel's-wings

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

Creeping Prickly-Pear

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa), Asia (Georgia), Europe (9 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Angel's-wings

The Angel's-wings (Opuntia microdasys) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and.