Native plant · CACTACEAE
Opuntia austrina
DEVIL'S-TONGUE; Florida Pricklypear
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Opuntia austrina. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Opuntia austrina
- Family
- CACTACEAE
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Order
- CARYOPHYLLALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; Endemic
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Pinellas; Polk; Highlands; Gilchrist; Brevard; Martin; St. Lucie; Lee; Collier; Seminole; Orange; Citrus; Volusia; Miami-Dade; Sumter; Manatee; Hernando; Broward; Hillsborough; Sarasota; Indian River; Charlotte; Glades; Putnam; Hardee
Where documented in Florida
Pinellas; Polk; Highlands; Gilchrist; Brevard; Martin; St. Lucie; Lee; Collier; Seminole; Orange; Citrus; Volusia; Miami-Dade; Sumter; Manatee; Hernando; Broward; Hillsborough; Sarasota; Indian River; Charlotte; Glades; Putnam; Hardee
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Opuntia
- Opuntia abjecta — KEYS SPANISH LADY; Big Pine Key Pricklypear
- Opuntia drummondii — COCKSPUR PRICKLYPEAR; Creeping Cactus
- Opuntia mesacantha subsp. lata — PRICKLYPEAR
- Opuntia mesacantha subsp. mesacantha — PRICKLYPEAR; Southeastern Pricklypear
- Opuntia ochrocentra — BULLSUCKERS
- Opuntia stricta — ERECT PRICKLYPEAR; SHELL-MOUND PRICKLYPEAR; shell mound pricklypear
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.