Arizona

These Opuntias are found primarily in Arizona, but they may extend a bit into other states or into Mexico.

Opuntia lubrica, Shiny Pricklypear

Griffiths, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 21: 169, 1910 Herbarium; Drawing (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, fig 174); Painting; Painting Original Citation What is Opuntia lubrica? Opuntia lubrica is a pricklypear cactus with some similarity to O. rufida. However, O. lubrica has shiny pads that are not pubescent as in the other cactus. Details Plants often have the habit […]

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Opuntia riparia

Opuntia riparia, Arroyo Pricklypear

Griffiths, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 27(6): 26, 1914 Herbarium (submitted as O.  engelmannii); Herbarium (O. riparia-like) Original Description What is Opuntia riparia? Opuntia riparia is a pricklypear cactus that grows in low, wide thickets in southern Arizona. It rarely reaches waist-high, but occasional cactus stems may reach to 3-4 ft tall.  Details

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Opuntia arizonica

Opuntia arizonica, Arizona Pricklypear

Griffiths, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 93, 1909 Holotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Painting (watercolor over a photograph, Krieger and Griffith, 1915, Smithsonian Institution Archive); Photograph (D Griffiths, ca. 1910); Photograph (D Griffiths, ca. 1910); Photograph (Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 20: 1909) Original Citation What is Opuntia arizonica?

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Opuntia canada

Opuntia canada, Canyon Pricklypear

Griffiths, Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 90, 1909 Holotype; Topotype; Herbarium (as O. engelmannii); Painting Original Description What is Opuntia canada? Opuntia canada is a large, erect, ascending cactus that grows in far southern Arizona. It is a compact-appearing pricklypear.  Details O. canada grows in thickets or singly. This Opuntia may reach 1 m in

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Opuntia laevis fruit

Opuntia laevis, Smooth Pricklypear

  Coulter, Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 3: 419, 1896 Holotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Painting (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, plate XXVIII)  Original Description What is Opuntia laevis? Opuntia laevis is a sometimes spineless pricklypear cactus that grows in various locations in southern AZ, but particularly on canyon

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Opuntia toumeyi, Toumey Pricklypear

  Rose, Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 12: 402, 1909 Holotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (O. toumeyi-like); Herbarium (O. toumeyi-like); Herbarium (O. toumeyi-like) Original Description What is Opuntia toumeyi? Opuntia toumeyi is a low but pricklypear cactus with pads narrowed towards the base. The cactus may appear yellowish-green and has brownish-white or white

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Opuntia blakeana

Opuntia blakeana, Blake Pricklypear

Rose, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 12: 402, 1909 Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia blakeana? Opuntia blakeana is a small, low, spreading Sonoran Desert pricklypear cactus. The cladodes of O. blakeana are typically dark green but may have brown or purple coloration around the areoles. The plants rarely reach

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Opuntia chlorotica gosseliniana, Sonoran Purple Pricklypear

(Weber) Ferguson, Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) 60: 159, 1988 Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia chlorotica gosseliniana? O. chlorotica gosseliniana is one of three varieties along with vars chlorotica and santa-rita within the O. chlorotica complex as described by Ferguson (1988). The three types blend into

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Opuntia chlorotica santa-rita

Opuntia chlorotica santa-rita, Santa-Rita Purple Pricklypear

Griffiths & Hare, New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 60: 64, 1906 Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia chlorotica santa-rita? Opuntia chlorotica santa-rita is one of three varieties of the pricklypear cactus in the Opuntia chlorotica complex. The varieties are santa-rita, gosseliniana, and chlorotica (Ferguson 1988), and

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Opuntia martiniana

Opuntia martiniana, Hualapai Pricklypear

(L.D. Benson) B.D. Parfitt, Systematic Botany 5(4): 416, 1980 [1981] Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium It is proposed that O. martiniana is related to O. chlorotica chlorotica O. curvospina is a related species Original Description What is Opuntia martiniana? Opuntia martiniana is a pricklypear cactus found sporadically at the north

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