Florida Pricklypear (Opuntia austrina)

Florida Pricklypear, a reference photo — Photo: Judy Gallagher · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Opuntia austrina, also known as the Florida prickly pear (with other common names such as the devils-tongue and hammock prickly pear), is a prickly pear cactus species that is endemic to Florida in the United States.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Florida Pricklypear 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 mesacantha
Opuntia nemoralis
Opuntia humifusa
Opuntia drummondii
Opuntia cespitosa

Classification

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

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