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Creeping prickly-pear

Opuntia humifusa

Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) 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 SOAOO, VICOO, MXECU, CHNTJ, AUSTRALASIA, ALAOO, MEXICO, WVAOO, KTYOO, TCSAZ, UKRMO, MXETA; E. U.S.A., Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí).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 humifusa (Raf.) Raf.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136679-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia humifusa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384047 ↩
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Native Habitat

E. U.S.A., Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOA_OO, VIC_OO, MXE_CU, CHN_TJ, AUSTRALASIA, ALA_OO, MEXICO, WVA_OO, KTY_OO, TCS_AZ, UKR_MO, MXE_TA; E. U.S.A., Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí).