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. dillenii   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. dillenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Opuntia stricta

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

Opuntia stricta

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

Opuntia stricta var. dillenii

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

Opuntia stricta var. dillenii

 

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


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

Keith Bradley    kab_o_stricta_dille_00175

April    Monroe County    FL

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

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

Keith Bradley    kab_o_stricta_dille_09981

April    Monroe County    FL

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

Keith Bradley    kab_o_stricta_dille_09992

April    Monroe County    FL

Spines 0-11 per areole, generally curved and spreading from the areole margins, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Opuntia stricta

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4126

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal dunes and coastal scrub, 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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