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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Opuntia stricta var. stricta
FAMILY
Cactaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia stricta
FAMILY
Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Opuntia stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Opuntia stricta var. stricta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Opuntia stricta
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Prickly Pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Erect 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 (2015).
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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.