Common name
English: Coastal Prickly Pear, Sprawling Prickly Pear
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Opuntia (5)
Epithet: littoralis (Engelm.) Cockerell (4)
Synonym: Opuntia semispinosa Griffiths
littoralis => found on the seashore
semispinosa => partly or somewhat spiny, with few spines
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: violet
External links
Check for Opuntia littoralis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org
- [615] Opuntia littoralis - Plants For A Future database
- [1195] Opuntia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Literature
- [8] Anderson, E.F. (2001): The cactus family. Timber Press, Portland, USA.