Opuntia erinacea

Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 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 UTA, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, MEXICO, MXN, MXNSI, MXECO, MXEHI, MXECU, NEV, MXETA, ARI, MXN_BS; E. California to Utah and N. Mexico.¹

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, 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 erinacea Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316095-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia erinacea". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384054 ↩