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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Read more about Opuntia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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, 1938)
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Opuntia stricta var. stricta
FAMILY
Cactaceae
(?)
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, 1938)
Opuntia stricta
2687
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
Habitat: Coastal dunes and coastal scrub, shell middens in salt marshes of the Gulf Coast, occasionally in water-logged saline soils of mangroves, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Cladodes armed with glochids (hair-like spines or short prickles) & spines
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual or sometimes functionally staminate
Radially symmetrical
Numerous tepals (usually)
Numerous stamens (usually)
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Dark pinkish-purple
Berry
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