Cactaceae
Devil's-tongue
Opuntia austrina
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (2)
- arz
- اوبونتيا اموفيلا
- English
- Devil's-tongue
Synonyms
- Opuntia ammophila Small
- Opuntia atrocapensis Small
- Opuntia compressa var. ammophila (Small) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia compressa var. austrina (Small) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia cumulicola Small
- Opuntia humifusa var. ammophila (Small) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia humifusa var. austrina (Small) Dress
- Opuntia nitens Small
- Opuntia pisciformis Small ex Britton & Rose
- Opuntia polycarpa Small
- Opuntia spinalba Raf.
- Opuntia turgida Small ex Britton & Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.