Citation: Engelm., Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6:207 (1850). Lindheimer (or Texas)

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: prickly-pear.

Description:
Mostly erect, to 4 m high; joints orbicular to obovate, flattened, generally to 22 cm long but often continuing to extend at the apex and becoming 1 m long and oblong or lanceolate; leaves deciduous; areoles remote, spines 1-6, white to pale-yellow or brownish, to 4 cm long.

Flowers 7-8 cm, yellow to red.

fruits purple-red, 4-7 cm long.

Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available