Opuntiads of the USA

(by Joe Shaw and Dave Ferguson)

Mission

Opuntia Species

Opuntia Country No. 1
Opuntia Country No. 2
Opuntia Country No. 3
Opuntia Country No. 4
Opuntia Country No. 5

Opuntia Country with
Daiv Freeman

Opuntia County, Big Bend

World Opuntiads

Peru Cactus Trip

Northern Patagonia Cactus Trip

Northern Patagonia Sights

Notes from the Editors

Culture Notes

Literature

Editorial Board

News

WWW Links

Agave Photos

Opuntia confusa Griffiths 1914

O. confusa is an interesting taxon because some pads have spination similar to O. dulcis, whereas other cladodes have spination similar to O. engelmannii. Read an early account of O. confusa published in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, v.27, pg. 28, 1914.

Opuntia confusa from Tortutas Mountain, Las Cruces, NM	Close-up of plant at left	Close-up of plant at left
Close-up of plant in row above	Opuntia confusa, spiny-type pad	Opuntia confusa
	Opuntia confusa
Opuntia confusa from type location (Florida Canyon, near Tucson, AZ) cladode similar to O. dulcis	Close-up of plant at immediate left	Close-up of plant from immediate left
Close-up of plant in row above	Close-up of plant in row above, spiny-type pad	Cultivated Opuntia confusa, Tucson, AZ, wonderful curving spines, source of photo unknown
Opuntia confusa, Alamogordo, NM	Opuntia confusa, Aguirre Spring Recreation Area, Organ Mountains, east of Las Cruces	Another view of plant at immediate left