Aaron's-beard prickly-pear

Opuntia leucotricha

Opuntia leucotricha DC. 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 MXECU, MXSMI, EUROPE, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, MEXICO, GALOO, SPAGI, MXETA, MXN, MXECO, MXNSO, SPAAN; N. & W. Mexico.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub or tree, desert or dry shrubland.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 leucotricha DC.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136745-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia leucotricha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384076
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N. & W. Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_CU, MXS_MI, EUROPE, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, MEXICO, GAL_OO, SPA_GI, MXE_TA, MXN, MXE_CO, MXN_SO, SPA_AN; N. & W. Mexico.