[Specimen details]

Opuntia ficus-indica
Family Name Cactaceae
Currently Accepted Name Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Locality Italy. Southern Italy: island of Sicily; town of Syracuse; NE of main rail station ca. 6 km. 37° 2' 60" N 15° 0' 0" E
Description Edible fruit and a hedge.
Habitat Railway embankments and adjacent ruderal fields; Associates: Citrus limon, Hordeum vulgare, Oxalis pes-caprae, Rosmarinus officinalis, Lotus cytisoides, Ononis natrix, Brassica incana, Borago officinalis, Centranthus ruber, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Ecballium elaterium, Arisarum vulgare.
Reproductive State
Collector J. Richard Abbott
with L.C. Isaacs
Collection Date 31 Dec 1991
Accession Number 211725
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Opuntia ficus-indica
Family Name Cactaceae
Currently Accepted Name Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Locality USA. Florida , Escambia Co. : Ca. 45 ft. W of small concrete railroad bridge, S of Bay Bluffs Park area, NE of the intersection of Scenic Highway and Bayview Way, Pensacola. 30° 26' 47" N 87° 10' 20" W
Description Large old ramose plant ca. 6 ft. wide and 4.5 ft. tall; flowers yellow; escaped.
Habitat Sandy disturbed site adjacent to rock riprap; with Rubus trivialis and Smilax bona-nox.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. R. Burkhalter
Collection Date 09 May 2015
Accession Number 298908
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