Calflora: Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea

Taxon Report 5936

Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & J. Bigelow var. erinacea (not an active name; please see Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea)

Grizzly pear, Grizzlybear pricklypear, Mojave prickly pear

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Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea, a dicot, is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Family:	CACTACEAE
Genus:	Opuntia
Parent Record	Opuntia erinacea

Distribution by County

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Name Status:

Accepted in JM93
TJM2 + PLANTS accepted name:	Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea

NOTE: Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

More information about Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (OPPOE)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 13, 2017).

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