Opuntia tortispina is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the central United States (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming). It was first described in 1856.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Twist-spined 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 phaeacantha
- Opuntia pottsii
- Opuntia cymochila
- Opuntia camanchica
- Opuntia gilvescens
- Opuntia polyacantha
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Species
- Opuntia tortispina
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