Pott's Prickly Pear

Opuntia pottsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to southeastern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas in the United States and to northeast Mexico. It was first described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Pott's Prickly Pear 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 tortispina
• Opuntia cymochila
• Opuntia phaeacantha
• Opuntia camanchica
• Opuntia gilvescens
• Opuntia arenaria

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Opuntia

Species

Opuntia pottsii

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