Native plant · CACTACEAE
Opuntia stricta
ERECT PRICKLYPEAR; SHELL-MOUND PRICKLYPEAR; shell mound pricklypear
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Opuntia stricta. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Opuntia stricta
- Family
- CACTACEAE
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Order
- CARYOPHYLLALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; Threatened-State; UPL (NWPL)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · South Florida · Florida Keys · North Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Hillsborough; Collier; Pinellas; Volusia; Sarasota; Lee; Monroe; Brevard; Palm Beach; Charlotte; Levy; St. Lucie; Walton; Pasco; DeSoto; Broward; Indian River; Martin
Where documented in Florida
Hillsborough; Collier; Pinellas; Volusia; Sarasota; Lee; Monroe; Brevard; Palm Beach; Charlotte; Levy; St. Lucie; Walton; Pasco; DeSoto; Broward; Indian River; Martin
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 austrina — DEVIL'S-TONGUE; Florida Pricklypear
- Opuntia drummondii — COCKSPUR PRICKLYPEAR; Creeping Cactus
- Opuntia mesacantha subsp. lata — PRICKLYPEAR
- Opuntia mesacantha subsp. mesacantha — PRICKLYPEAR; Southeastern Pricklypear
- Opuntia ochrocentra — BULLSUCKERS
Data provenance
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