Native plant · CACTACEAE
Opuntia drummondii
COCKSPUR PRICKLYPEAR; Creeping Cactus
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Opuntia drummondii. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Opuntia drummondii
- Family
- CACTACEAE
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Order
- CARYOPHYLLALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- Panhandle · North Florida · Central Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Escambia; Okaloosa; Franklin; Levy; Baker; St. Johns; Pinellas; Hillsborough
Where documented in Florida
Escambia; Okaloosa; Franklin; Levy; Baker; St. Johns; Pinellas; Hillsborough
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Opuntia
- Opuntia abjecta — KEYS SPANISH LADY; Big Pine Key Pricklypear
- Opuntia austrina — DEVIL'S-TONGUE; Florida Pricklypear
- Opuntia mesacantha subsp. lata — PRICKLYPEAR
- Opuntia mesacantha subsp. mesacantha — PRICKLYPEAR; Southeastern Pricklypear
- Opuntia ochrocentra — BULLSUCKERS
- Opuntia stricta — ERECT PRICKLYPEAR; SHELL-MOUND PRICKLYPEAR; shell mound pricklypear
Data provenance
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