Species: Opuntia erinacea
Old-man Prickly-pear
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Opuntia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Oldman Cactus - grizzlybear pricklypear
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Cactus Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Caryophyllales - Cactaceae - Opuntia - Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2004), lists Opuntia ericacea in the synonymy of O. polyacantha var. ericacea and also mentions that Opuntia erinacea has been misapplied to some plants of varieties of O. polyacantha.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Low prickly pear, in clumps. Cactaceae.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2000-02-11
Global Status Last Changed
2000-02-11
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho.