

Cactus-apple
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. 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 MXS, SOUTHEASTERNUSA, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, ITA, MXNSI, EUROPE, MXSNA, SOAOO, MXG, MXEGU, SPA, MXG_VC; SW. & SC. U.S.A. to Mexico.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447905-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia engelmannii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8014872 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
SW. & SC. U.S.A. to Mexico
Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, SOUTHEASTERN_USA, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, ITA, MXN_SI, EUROPE, MXS_NA, SOA_OO, MXG, MXE_GU, SPA, MXG_VC; SW. & SC. U.S.A. to Mexico.