PLANTS Profile for Opuntia macrorhiza (twistspine pricklypear)

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PLANTS Profile

Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.
twistspine pricklypear

Symbol:

OPMA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

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Distribution:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.


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USA (AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NM, OH, OK, SD, TX, UT, WI, WY)

Related Taxa:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 61 species in Opuntia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. macrorhiza. . Image Available.

Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza
twistspine pricklypear

Distribution of Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson. .

Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii
twistspine pricklypear

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

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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 macrorhiza Engelm. – twistspine pricklypear

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza
plains prickly pear		Salvage restricted
Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii
		Salvage restricted
Iowa:
bigroot pricklypear		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19718.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

FL-South American Cactus Moth (UofFL)

Global Invasive Species Database

Jamaica-Introduction to the Cactus Moth

MS-Early Detection and Reporting of Cactus Moth

TX-Tracking the Cactus Moth

USDA ARS-South American Cactus Moth Control

www.pestalert.org

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 09:16 PM CDT