Opuntia fragilis
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Details Top
Internal ID | UUID643ff6d7d34dd462545048 |
Scientific name | Opuntia fragilis |
Authority | (Nutt.) Haw. |
First published in | Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 82–83. 1819. |
Description Top
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Opuntia fragilis, also known as brittle pricklypear or little prickly pear, is a small cactus native to western North America and some midwestern states. It can also be found in parts of Canada, with a unique population in Eastern Ontario. This cactus has small, fragile joints and typically grows to be no more than 10 cm tall. Its flowers are greenish yellow and its fruit is ovate to subglobose with few spines or bristles. There are several varieties of this cactus, including one with more swollen joints and another with olive-green, bulbous-looking joints.
Synonyms Top
Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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Opuntia sabinii | Pfeiff. | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 147. 1837. |
Tunas fragilis | Nieuwl. & Lunell | in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 479. 1916. |
Terecaulis fragilis | (Nutt.) Berge | Buch der Welt: 91. 1842. |
Cactus fragilis | Nutt. | Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 296–297. 1818. |
Opuntia fragilis var. brachyarthra | (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. | in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 440. 1896. |
Opuntia brachyarthra | Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow | in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 302. 1856. |
Opuntia fragilis f. brachyarthra | (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle | Handb. Kakteenkult.: 56. 1907. |
Opuntia fragilis subsp. brachyarthra | (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.A.C.Weber | in Phytologia 51: 374. 1982. |
Opuntia fragilis var. caespitosa | L.H.Bailey | Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2363. 1916. |
Opuntia fragilis var. denudata | E.F.Wiegand & Backeb. | Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10. 1957. |
Opuntia fragilis var. parviconspicua | Backeb. | Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10. 1957. |
Opuntia fragilis var. tuberiformis | L.H.Bailey | Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2363. 1916. |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!Language | Common/alternative name |
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English | brittle cactus |
English | brittle prickly-pear |
English | brittle pricklypear |
English | fragile cactus |
English | jumping cactus |
English | little pricklypear |
Hungarian | törékeny fügekaktusz |
Lithuanian | trapioji opuncija |
Dutch | broze vijgcactus |
Swedish | sköropuntia |
Swedish | brytopuntia |
Chinese | 脆節仙人掌 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Argentina Northeast
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Southern South America
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!Database | ID/link to page |
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World Flora Online | wfo-0000385744 |
Canadensys | 4143 |
USDA Plants | OPFR |
Tropicos | 5100066 |
KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1093743-2 |
The Plant List | kew-2391882 |
PFAF | Opuntia fragilis |
Open Tree Of Life | 627845 |
Observations.org | 195430 |
NCBI Taxonomy | 446151 |
Nature Serve | 2.159232 |
IUCN Red List | 151913 |
IPNI | 1093743-2 |
iNaturalist | 62474 |
GBIF | 5384113 |
Freebase | /m/06w3h9m |
WisFlora | 4363 |
FEIS | plants/cactus/opufra |
EPPO | OPUFR |
EOL | 479266 |
Calflora (Californian flora) | 5939 |
US Library of Congress | sh97006231 |
USDA GRIN | 417537 |
Wikipedia | Opuntia_fragilis |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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