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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Opuntia stricta var. dillenii
FAMILY
Cactaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Opuntia dillenii
FAMILY
Cactaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Opuntia stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Opuntia stricta var. dillenii
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Prickly Pear, Shell Midden Prickly-pear, Yaaxpakan, Erect Prickly-pear
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Keith Bradley kab_o_stricta_dille_00175
April Monroe County FL
Inner tepals light yellow throughout; filaments, anthers style & stigma yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_o_stricta_dille_09981
April Monroe County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_o_stricta_dille_09992
April Monroe County FL
Spines 0-11 per areole, generally curved and spreading from the areole margins, per Weakley's Flora.