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 drummondii   FAMILY Cactaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia pusilla   FAMILY Cactaceae

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

Opuntia drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America

Opuntia pusilla

SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Opuntia pusilla

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

Opuntia pusilla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 132-01-002:

Opuntia drummondii   FAMILY Cactaceae

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

Opuntia drummondii

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

Opuntia tracyi

 

COMMON NAME:
Dune Prickly-pear, Dune Devil-joint, Devils-joint Cactus, Little Prickly-pear


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image of Opuntia drummondii, Dune Prickly-pear, Dune Devil-joint, Devils-joint Cactus, Little Prickly-pear

JK Marlow    jkm0303e_16

March    Beaufort County    SC

Hunting Island State Park

Clusters of hairlike spines are scattered with or without sharp 2-4" spines, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Opuntia drummondii, Dune Prickly-pear, Dune Devil-joint, Devils-joint Cactus, Little Prickly-pear

Steve Marlow    snm080301_002

March    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Stems segmented into loosely attached joints that readily become detached, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Opuntia drummondii, Dune Prickly-pear, Dune Devil-joint, Devils-joint Cactus, Little Prickly-pear

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmopusilla_stjoe1

June    Gulf County    FL

Stem segments narrowly elliptic to linear, sometimes somewhat cylindric, per Flora of North America.

image of Opuntia drummondii, Dune Prickly-pear, Dune Devil-joint, Devils-joint Cactus, Little Prickly-pear

JK Marlow    jkm0309r_11

September    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

Fruits green becoming red-purple at late maturity, barrel-shaped, spineless, per Flora of North America.

image of Opuntia drummondii, Dune Prickly-pear, Dune Devil-joint, Devils-joint Cactus, Little Prickly-pear

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmo_pusilla

Month Unknown        

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

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia pusilla   FAMILY Cactaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America
Opuntia pusilla

SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Opuntia pusilla

SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Opuntia pusilla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 132-01-002:
Opuntia drummondii   FAMILY Cactaceae

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

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

 

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987

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: dunes on barrier islands, less commonly inland on river-associated sands and on granite outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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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:
Summer/Fall
Magenta
Berry

 

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