OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Opuntia humifusa   FAMILY Cactaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia humifusa   FAMILY Cactaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Opuntia humifusa

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)

Opuntia humifusa

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa

INCLUDING Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)

Opuntia calcicola

INCLUDING Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)

Opuntia compressa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 132-01-001?:

Opuntia compressa   FAMILY Cactaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Opuntia impedita

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Opuntia macrarthra

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Opuntia opuntia

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Prickly-pear


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image of Opuntia humifusa, Eastern Prickly-pear

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ophu_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Opuntia humifusa   FAMILY Cactaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia humifusa   FAMILY Cactaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Opuntia humifusa

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Opuntia humifusa

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa

INCLUDING Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Opuntia calcicola

INCLUDING Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Opuntia compressa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 132-01-001?:
Opuntia compressa   FAMILY Cactaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opuntia impedita

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opuntia macrarthra

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opuntia opuntia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4212

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Slate outcrops, sandy soils, upland hardwood forests or mixed pine-hardwood forests in dry, clay or silty soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Cladodes armed with glochids (hair-like spines or short prickles) but no spines

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Numerous tepals (usually)
Numerous stamens (usually)
Bisexual or sometimes functionally staminate

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple/ Reddish-brown
Berry

 

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