Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Opuntia stricta var. stricta
FAMILY
Cactaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia stricta
FAMILY
Cactaceae
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Opuntia stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Opuntia stricta var. stricta
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Prickly Pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear
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Keith Bradley kab_opuntia_stricta_00142
April Monroe County FL
Valhalla Rock Barren
Spines mostly 0-3 per areole & straight [vs. var. dillenii 0-11 & curved], per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_opuntia_stricta_00168
April Monroe County FL
Inner tepals light yellow throughout; filaments, anthers style & stigma yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmo_stricta
Month Unknown
Joints narrowly obovate, narrowly elliptic, or oblong, mostly 12-25(35)cm long, per Weakley's Flora.