Family: Cactaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies (Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Bahamas), southeastern United States and Mexico; naturalized in the Old World.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Opuntia bahamana, Opuntia dillenii.
