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Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt
grizzlybear pricklypear

       
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Opuntia erinacea

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Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

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Synonyms:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

  OPER Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.   grizzlybear pricklypear
  OPERE Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm. var. erinacea   grizzlybear pricklypear
  OPUR2 Opuntia ursina F.A.C. Weber  
 

Distribution:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

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Related Taxa:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 59 species in Opuntia, 5 varieties in Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
 

Classification:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus Opuntia Mill. – pricklypear
Species Opuntia polyacantha Haw. – plains pricklypear
Variety Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt – grizzlybear pricklypear
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea
Mohave prickly-pear              Salvage restricted
Nevada:
Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea
grizzly bear cactus, Mojave prickly pear, old man cactus              Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

Opuntia polyacantha
plains pricklypear

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. erinacea (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) Parfitt

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 
 
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