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 stricta var. stricta   FAMILY Cactaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia stricta   FAMILY Cactaceae

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

Opuntia stricta var. stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Opuntia stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Opuntia stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Opuntia stricta var. stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Opuntia stricta

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

Opuntia tunoidea

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Prickly-pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Erect Prickly-pear


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image of Opuntia stricta var. stricta, Coastal Prickly-pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Erect Prickly-pear

Keith Bradley    kab_opuntia_stricta_00142

April    Monroe County    FL

Valhalla Rock Barren

Spines mostly 0-3 per areole & straight [vs. var. dillenii 0-11 & curved], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Opuntia stricta var. stricta, Coastal Prickly-pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Erect Prickly-pear

Keith Bradley    kab_opuntia_stricta_00168

April    Monroe County    FL

Inner tepals light yellow throughout; filaments, anthers style & stigma yellow, per Flora of North America.

image of Opuntia stricta var. stricta, Coastal Prickly-pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Erect Prickly-pear

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmo_stricta

Month Unknown        

Joints narrowly obovate, narrowly elliptic, or oblong, mostly 12-25(35)cm long, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia stricta   FAMILY Cactaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Opuntia stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Opuntia stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Opuntia stricta var. stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Opuntia stricta

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

 

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2687

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal dunes and coastal scrub, shell middens in salt marshes of the Gulf Coast, occasionally in water-logged saline soils of mangroves, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Cladodes armed with glochids (hair-like spines or short prickles) & spines

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Dark pinkish-purple
Berry

 

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