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

  1. 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
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia austrina". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5621448
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C. Florida

Automatically collected source range/note: FLA, SOUTHEASTERN_USA, FLA_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; C. Florida.