Cockspur Prickly Pear
Opuntia drummondii
Opuntia drummondii Graham 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 ALA, SOUTHEASTERNUSA, SCA, MSI, GEOOO, GEO, NCAOO, ALAOO, FLAOO, NORTHERNAMERICA, TEX, MSI_OO; SE. U.S.A. to E. Texas.1
POWO records the plant context as subshrub, 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 drummondii Graham". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281626-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia drummondii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384160 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
SE. U.S.A. to E. Texas
Automatically collected source range/note: ALA, SOUTHEASTERN_USA, SCA, MSI, GEO_OO, GEO, NCA_OO, ALA_OO, FLA_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, TEX, MSI_OO; SE. U.S.A. to E. Texas.