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Opuntia mesacantha, the longspine eastern prickly-pear or southeastern prickly-pear cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae. It is native to New Jersey and the southeastern United States, and it has been introduced to Spain. It is found in a variety of sandy habitats, and on granite outcrops. Its fruit are edible.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Southeastern 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 humifusa
- Opuntia nemoralis
- Opuntia cespitosa
- Opuntia austrina
- Opuntia macrorhiza
- Opuntia drummondii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Species
- Opuntia mesacantha
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