Opuntia cacanapa is a cactus in the genus Opuntia. In the United States, it is found primarily in the southern Trans-Pecos and the South Texas Plains from Brewster, Pecos, and Uvalde Counties south to Cameron County. It also occurs in nearby Mexico from the Rio Grande to as far south as Guanajuato and northern Hidalgo.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Texas blue 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Species
- Opuntia cacanapa
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