Labels:text | font | screenshot | white OCR: There are many varieties of prickly pear - all easily recognised by their rounded stems which divide into many flat joints that resemble leaves One clump may be ten feet in diameter, three to five feet high and may be made up of hundreds of flat stem joints bristling with sharp spines. Prickly pear flowers are usually yellow or reddish. The egg or pear-shaped fruits grow after the blossoms have fallen off, and some of the fruits are edible.