Opuntia ficus-indica Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 5938

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, a dicot, is a shrub (stem succulent) that is not native to California.

also called Opuntia Xoccidentalis


	Plant Range Observation Search (302 records) Plant Characteristics

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Photos from Calflora / CalPhotos


Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Opuntia

Name Status:
Accepted by ICPN + 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) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / 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]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/08/2021).