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title: "hi y’all! 👋🏼 can anyone help me identify this lil buddy? i have it…"
description: "hi y’all! 👋🏼 can anyone help me identify this lil buddy? i have it in planta as a roadkill cactus (consolea rubescens) because it’s so 2-dimensional.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/eBYYqdrPVscN8cxtxsuFXQ"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "cherrbear🐻"
published: "2025-07-07T07:15:58.665775Z"
language: "en"
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# hi y’all! 👋🏼 can anyone help me identify this lil buddy? i have it…

_Posted by cherrbear🐻 on 2025-07-07_

hi y’all! 👋🏼 can anyone help me identify this lil buddy? i have it in planta as a roadkill cactus (consolea rubescens) because it’s so 2-dimensional. however, it’s also pretty spiky \& almost every photo i’ve seen of a roadkill cactus doesn’t have these spikes on the paddles. could it be some other type of opuntia? tia!

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## 6 comments

### Hijo del Planto commented on 2025-07-07

I’m not sure, but this plant looks like a happy rabbit. Ears and arms raised.

#### cherrbear🐻 replied on 2025-07-07

haha, oh i see it! 🐰🤗

#### Lover of Cacti replied on 2025-07-07

That is so funny because I was going to comment on this post to say the same thing 🤣

### Plant nana commented on 2025-07-07

So cute

### My Leafy Life commented on 2025-07-08

I wonder if it's a prickly pear cactus. I want to get one or two because they're native to Minnesota so I can plant it outside. 🙂

#### cherrbear🐻 replied on 2025-07-10

there are lots of species that are called prickly pears! they all fall under the genus of Opuntia. this guy is definitely an opuntia, i’m hoping to figure out which one.

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