
Devil's-Tongue
Opuntia austrina
Opuntia austrina Small 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 FLA, SOUTHEASTERNUSA, FLAOO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; C. Florida.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or shrub, subtropical.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Opuntia austrina Small". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174841-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia austrina". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5621448 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
C. Florida
Automatically collected source range/note: FLA, SOUTHEASTERN_USA, FLA_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; C. Florida.