Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava

Texas pricklypear (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Opuntia > Opuntia engelmannii

Characteristics

Stem segments broadly obovate to subcircular, 15-30 × 12.5-25 cm, sometimes broader than wide, to 1.5 times longer than wide. Spines (0-)1-6 per areole, evenly distributed on stem segment to absent, yellow throughout, sometimes with red or red-brown extreme bases, aging blackish, longest 12-75 mm. 2n = 66.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
Root system -
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses animal food food invertebrate food material medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Bruise(Veterinary) (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Mumps (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri unspecified picture

Distribution

Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri world distribution map, present in Australia, Georgia, Namibia, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001288332
COL ID 7KHDR
BDTFX ID 85643
INPN ID 968629
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Synonyms

Opuntia laxiflora Opuntia gomei Opuntia gilvoalba Opuntia griffithsiana Opuntia squarrosa Opuntia deltica Opuntia cyanella Opuntia ferruginispina Opuntia haematocarpa Opuntia reflexa Opuntia sinclairii Opuntia convexa Opuntia winteriana Opuntia lindheimeri Opuntia subarmata Opuntia tricolor Opuntia tardospina Opuntia lindheimeri var. subarmata Opuntia engelmannii subsp. lindheimeri Opuntia lindheimeri var. lehmannii Opuntia lindheimeri var. tricolor Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri