Native records: 5 botanical areas
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, 2 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent subshrub of subtropical climates. Native to United States.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
United States of America
- ColoradoNative
- KansasNative
- NebraskaNative
- New MexicoNative
- TexasNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- Dfa Cold, no dry season, hot summer
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- Dfb Cold, no dry season, warm summer
- Dfc Cold, no dry season, cold summer
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Dwa Cold, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 119 areas worldwide, 114 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
Grassland Prickly Pear
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
Other species in Opuntia
- Opuntia comonduensis
- Opuntia crassa
- Opuntia crystalenia
- Opuntia cubensisCuban pricklypear
- Opuntia curassavicaCuras cactus
- Opuntia curvispinaSearchlight Pricklypear
- Opuntia deamii
- Opuntia decumbensDecumbent Prickly Pear
- Opuntia dejecta
- Opuntia delafuentiana
- Opuntia depressadepressa cactus
- Opuntia diploursina
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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