Tuna Colorada (Opuntia stenopetala)

Tuna Colorada, a reference photo — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Opuntia stenopetala is a species of cactus native to Mexico. It has no English name, though often the Spanish Tuna Colorada or Nopal Serrano are used. With flat stem-segments, it is one of the many prickly pear cacti belonging to the Cactus Family, the Cactaceae.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Tuna Colorada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Opuntia rastrera
Opuntia camanchica
Opuntia atrispina
Opuntia sulphurea
Opuntia depressa

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: Opuntia stenopetala

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