Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina Calflora

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Taxon Report

Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. hystricina (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) B. D. Parfitt

Grizzlybear pricklypear

Gerald and Buff Corsi 2014 California Academy of Sciences

Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~5 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Opuntia polyacantha
Genus:	Opuntia
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Opuntia erinacea var. hystricina
PLANTS	Opuntia hystricina

Information about Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (OPPOH) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/19/2024).