Taxon:
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
Summary
Place of publication:
Med. fl. 2:247. 1830
Verified:
06/10/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada
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- Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist
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Common names
English
creeping prickly-pear – creeping-pear – eastern prickly-pear – large-flower prickly-pear – low prickly-pear – smooth prickly-pear – Swedish
krypopuntia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | Pt. Pelee & Pelee Island |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Ontario (Pt. Pelee & Pelee Island)]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa (e.), Kansas (e.), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma (e.), South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Montana]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | | 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 |