PLANTS Profile for Opuntia ×columbiana (grizzleybear pricklypear)

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PLANTS Profile

Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha]
grizzleybear pricklypear

Symbol:

OPCO13

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha]

Synonyms:
Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha]

	OPCO6	Opuntia columbiana Griffiths, database artifact
	OPERC2	Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow ex Engelm. var. columbiana (Griffiths) L.D. Benson		grizzleybear pricklypear

Distribution:
Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha]


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (ID, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha]

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 61 species in Opuntia

Classification:
Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha]

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Opuntia Mill. – pricklypear
Species	Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha] – grizzleybear pricklypear

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia ×columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.) [fragilis × polyacantha]

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 08:21 PM CDT