Taxon: Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• creeping prickly-pear   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• creeping-pear   (Source: F NSWales ) – English
  
• eastern prickly-pear   (Source: F Tex [as O. compressa]) – English
  
• large-flower prickly-pear   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• low prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• smooth prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• krypopuntia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [Pt. Pelee & Pelee Island]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa [e.], Kansas [e.], Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma [e.], South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Montana
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family. 501.
• Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada.
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. [= O. compressa].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Hosking, J. R. et al. 1988. Distribution and biological control of cactus species in eastern Australia. Pl. Protect. Quart. 3:118.
• Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Leuenberger, B. E. 1993. Interpretation and typification of Cactus opuntia L., Opuntia vulgaris Mill., and O. humifusa (Rafin.) Rafin. (Cactaceae). Taxon 42:426.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Opuntia humifusa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Opuntia humifusa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Opuntia humifusa.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cactus humifusus Raf. (basionym)
  
• (=) Opuntia compressa auct.
  
• (=) Opuntia vulgaris auct. nonn.
  

Check other web resources for Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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