Kaktüs Doktoru logo
0
Golden-spined Prickly-pear

Golden-spined Prickly-pear

Opuntia aureispina

Opuntia aureispina (S.Brack & K.D.Heil) Pinkava & B.D.Parfitt is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Opuntia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXEAG, MXECU, MXEHI, MXEZA, MXEQU, MXEGU, MXESL, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXEDU, TEX, MEXICO, SOUTHCENTRAL_USA; SW. Texas to Mexico (Coahuila).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Opuntia aureispina (S.Brack & K.D.Heil) Pinkava & B.D.Parfitt". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20000884-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia aureispina". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384175 ↩
Light

Watering

Measured

Soil

Draining Mix

Safety

Difficulty

Native Habitat

SW. Texas to Mexico (Coahuila)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXE_HI, MXE_ZA, MXE_QU, MXE_GU, MXE_SL, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXE_DU, TEX, MEXICO, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA; SW. Texas to Mexico (Coahuila).