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Brittle Pricklypear

Opuntia fragilis

Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. 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 BRC, WAS, NEB, EUROPE, IOWOO, SDA, CALOO, MANOO, NORTHEASTERNUSA, MNT, NWM, ARI; Canada to N, W. & C. 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 fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1093743-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia fragilis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384113 ↩
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Native Habitat

Canada to N, W. & C. U.S.A.

Automatically collected source range/note: BRC, WAS, NEB, EUROPE, IOW_OO, SDA, CAL_OO, MAN_OO, NORTHEASTERN_USA, MNT, NWM, ARI; Canada to N, W. & C. U.S.A..