Opuntia humifusa
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Opuntia humifusa |
| Common name: | prickly pear cactus |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Growth type: | shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 4 - 12" |
| Foliage: | fleshy pads with spines and small barbed hooks |
| Flower: | yellow, 2 - 3" |
| Flowering time: | June - July |
| Habitat: | dry, sandy soils |
| Range in New Jersey: | local statewide, decreasing northward |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |