Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii 
  • Engelmann’s pricklypear


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii . Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001289674. Accessed on: 10 Jun 2023'

General Information

Stem segments circular to obovate to rhombic, 20-40 × 17-30 cm, to 1.5 times longer than wide. Spines (0-)1-5(-12) per areole, absent or at most areoles, chalky white, yellow when wetted, aging gray to black, usually with red-brown extreme bases, longest 20-50(-75) mm. 2n = 66 .

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    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Engelmann’s pricklypear

      Taxonomic Status Reference

    • 1 Parfitt, B.D. & Gibson, A.C. 2003: Cactaceae. Pp. in ?in-author Flora of North America. : .

     Information From

    Caryophyllales
    https://caryophyllales.org/
    Caryophyllales. World Flora Online Data. 2022.
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    Flora of North America @ efloras.org
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    'Flora of North America @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • B Flora of North America Association
    World Flora Online Consortium
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/WFO
    World Flora Online Data. 2017.
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