Characteristics
Dicots
Opuntia stricta (Haw.)Haw.
ERECT PRICKLYPEAR; SHELL-MOUND PRICKLYPEAR
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Two varieties are recognized by Majure (in Weakley et al. 2015). Opuntia stricta var. dillenii has more tuberculate stems with 0-11 generally curved, spreading dark yellow spines, strongly flattened at the base and often dark brown to black at the lower half. Opuntia stricta var. stricta has less tuberculate stems with 0-3 generally straight, erect yellow spines, round or slightly flattened at the base. "Intermediate morphotypes and overlapping populations" have been noted.
Link to type of stricta: https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000739653/page/138.
Link to type of dillenii: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9039#page/251/mode/1up.
Native
Threatened-State
UPL (NWPL)
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Citation
OPUNTIA STRICTA (Haworth) Haworth, Syn. Pl. Succ. 191. 1812.
Cactus strictus Haworth 1803.
Without data (lectotype: de Candolle, Pl. Hist. Succ. pl. 138. 1804). Lectotypified by L. D. Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 931. 1982.
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