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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: Up to 12-15 feet
Plant Spread: Up to 10 feet
Leaves: Other: Has long spines and awl-shaped green leaves near the stem tips
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
Other: Orange-red to Greenish-yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Edible Parts: Leaves
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Eve's Needle Cactus
  • Eve's Pin Cactus
  • Chumbera Fina
  • Alfileres de Eva
  • Opuntia de Peru
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Austrocylindropuntia subulata
  • Synonym: Opuntia subulata

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Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2023-05-15
New leaves on an Eve's Needle cactus
Location: Phoenix
Date: 2018-06-04
20180604 Eve's Needle cactus (8 months old), a broken branch plan

Date: 2021-09-25
Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2024-05-25
New growth on a cutting placed in the soil 13 days ago.
Uploaded by Traijin
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2017-07-27

Date: 2022-02-18
Location: Botanical Garden of Soller
Date: 2010-11-06

Date: 2023-10-06

Date: 2023-06-16
Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 4/28/2024
20240428 Eve's Needle Cactus and green plants seen from the front
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: In our garden - Tracy, CA
Date: 2011-10-15
Eve's Pin or Eve's Needle Cactus

Date: 2018-03-23
Uploaded by SummersEve
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2014-05-21
Eve's Needle Cactus
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2015-06-12
Eve's Needle Cactus Leaves
Location: Mesa, AZ.
Date: 2015-12-20
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Uploaded by ljones26

Date: 2017-04-14
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Date: 2018-06-04
This is a macro view of the fast growing main stem of an Eve's Ne
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2015-06-12
Eve's Needle Opuntia Stem and leaves
Uploaded by SummersEve
Location: Centennial Park Conservatory, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 2013-03-16
Location: Centennial Park Conservatory, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 2013-03-16
Location: Centennial Park Conservatory, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-03-23

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2024-05-12
New Eve's Needle cuttings. One single cut, one double cut and one
Location: At our garden - San Joaquin County, CA
Date: 2013-04-02
Rosy colored leaves of Eve's needle during Spring
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: July
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2017-09-17
Eve's pin (Austrocylindropuntia subulata). Called Eve's needle al
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2017-09-17
Eve's pin (Austrocylindropuntia subulata). Called Eve's needle al
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-11
Uploaded by SummersEve

Date: 2017-08-13
Seeking advice on salvaging the broken branches
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Comments:
  • Posted by Lollym on Jan 29, 2020 9:45 PM concerning plant:
    My Eve's needle is small and is a houseplant. Will mine grow very large, like the ones you are showing? Mine is about 7 inches high.
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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Eve's Needle Cactus by SummersEve Jul 4, 2014 3:29 PM 0
Eve's Needle Cactus (Austrocylindropuntia subulata) by kesmith99 Oct 28, 2016 7:39 PM 1
Young leaves by lasertrimguy Jun 4, 2018 9:16 PM 1
Broken branch advice by lasertrimguy Jun 5, 2018 1:10 PM 0
Great looking little plant by lasertrimguy May 15, 2023 6:39 PM 0

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