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eastern prickly-pear cactus

eastern prickly-pear cactus

Opuntia cespitosa

Opuntia cespitosa Raf. 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 TEN, CHSHN, CHSSH, CHSKI, IOWOO, ALAOO, CHSMA, NORTHEASTERNUSA, KTY, WVAOO, KTYOO, CHSGD; SE. Canada to EC. & E. U.S.A..1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, temperate.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 cespitosa Raf.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136441-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia cespitosa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620820 ↩
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SE. Canada to EC. & E. U.S.A.

Automatically collected source range/note: TEN, CHS_HN, CHS_SH, CHS_KI, IOW_OO, ALA_OO, CHS_MA, NORTHEASTERN_USA, KTY, WVA_OO, KTY_OO, CHS_GD; SE. Canada to EC. & E. U.S.A..