Ouachita Mountains pricklypear
Opuntia nemoralis
Opuntia nemoralis Griffiths 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 TEX, LOUOO, SOUTHEASTERNUSA, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, NORTHCENTRALUSA, TEXOO, ARK, MSO, MSOOO, ARKOO, NORTHERNAMERICA, LOU; EC. U.S.A..1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or 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 nemoralis Griffiths". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175360-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia nemoralis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5625754 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
EC. U.S.A.
Automatically collected source range/note: TEX, LOU_OO, SOUTHEASTERN_USA, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, NORTH_CENTRAL_USA, TEX_OO, ARK, MSO, MSO_OO, ARK_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, LOU; EC. U.S.A..