Native records: 2 botanical areas
Arizona, Utah
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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 desert or dry shrubland 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
- ArizonaNative
- UtahNative
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
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Dfb Cold, no dry season, warm summer
- BWk Arid, desert, cold
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
The same climate occurs in 96 areas worldwide, 94 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).
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
Other species in Opuntia
- Opuntia cymochilaGrassland Prickly Pear
- Opuntia deamii
- Opuntia decumbensDecumbent Prickly Pear
- Opuntia dejecta
- Opuntia delafuentiana
- Opuntia depressadepressa cactus
- Opuntia discolor
- Opuntia drummondiiCockspur Prickly Pear
- Opuntia dulcis
- Opuntia eichlamiiPrickly Pears
- Opuntia elataRiverina pear
- Opuntia elatiorBroad prickly pear
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Opuntia diploursina
Evolvulux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page