| Scientific Name: | Opuntia microdasys |
| Common Name: | bunny ears cactus |
| Family Name: | Cactaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry |
| Leaves: | Simple, Whorled, Prickly, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | Yellow, May-Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Violet, Red, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Flattened, upright modified stem looks like oblong pads; modified leaves are yellow clusters of many very small soft spines. | |