Opuntia ficus-indica Calflora

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Taxon Report

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Mission cactus, Tuna cactus

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2007 Neal Kramer

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2009 Zoya Akulova

2005 Luigi Rignanese

2006 Steve Matson

Opuntia ficus-indica is a shrub (stem succulent) that is not native to California.

also called Opuntia Xoccidentalis


	Plant Range Observation Search (311 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos from Calflora / CalPhotos


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

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cactus ficus-indica
PLANTS	Opuntia compressa
PLANTS	Opuntia opuntia
PLANTS	Opuntia vulgaris

More information about Opuntia ficus-indica


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (OPFI) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability 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, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 10/06/2022).