Opuntia lindheimeri

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CACTACEAE
Species:Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.
Common Name:Texas Prickly Pear
Habitat:Persistent after cultivation or escaping to ruderal habitats.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Texas Prickly Pear is an introduced large, shrubby, succulent perennial in the Cactus family (Cactaceae). It is native to Louisiana, New Mexico, Mexico, and Texas. It is cultivated in Alabama and persists or escapes. Texas Prickly Pear occurs on dunes, in pastures, along fence rows, around old home sites, and in waste areas. It is an erect perennial with flattened leaf-like stems (cladophylls). The stems are green or reddish purple in color, ovate to elliptic in outline, glabrous and often glaucous. Areoles (circular areas with spines or hairs) occur in 5-8 rows on each cladophyll. There are 1-6 yellowish, slightly curved spines per areole. Glochidia (barbed hair-like spines or short prickles found on the areoles) are yellowish to reddish brown. Flowers are solitary or several per node. The outer tepals are greenish yellow and the inner tepals are lemon yellow. The fruit is a fleshy many-seeded purple berry. Within its native range the fruit are gathered and eaten by locals. Texas Prickly Pear is sometimes available from nurseries. Each stem segment will root if placed in contact with the soil.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCACTACEAE - Cactus family
Genus Opuntia
Species Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm. - Texas Prickly Pear

Citation

Citation Opuntia lindheimeri Engelmann, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207. 1850.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: TEXAS:

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. lindheimeri (Engelmann) B.D. Parfitt & Pinkava, Madroño 35(4): 346–347. 1988 [1989].Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm. 1850.Texas

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Marengo, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0009931 Tuscaloosa 15 Jun 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13318		 UWAL
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. Var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) Parfitt & Pinkava
AMAL00009647 Tuscaloosa 15 Jun 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13318		 AMAL
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. Var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) Parfitt & Pinkava
UWAL0013394 Marengo 19 Jan 2013 England, J. Kevin
4068		 UWAL
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. lindheimeri (Engelmann) Parfitt & Pinkava
TROY000048856 Autauga 11 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
304		 TROY
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. lindheimeri (Engelmann) Parfitt & Pinkava
UWAL0046903 Autauga 11 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
304		 UWAL
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. lindheimeri (Engelmann) Parfitt & Pinkava
TROY000050925 Montgomery 23 Jul 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29359		 TROY
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. lindheimeri (Engelmann) Parfitt & Pinkava
TROY000045216 Marengo 19 Jan 2013 England, J. Kevin
4068		 TROY
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. lindheimeri (Engelmann) Parfitt & Pinkava
ALNHS00007246 Montgomery 15 Aug 2021 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5652		 ALNHS
Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.
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