Cactaceae
Coastal pricklypear
Opuntia littoralis
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- صبير شاطئي
- arz
- صبير شاطئى
- Chinese
- 海滨仙人掌, 海岸团扇, 黄刺掌, 臨海仙人掌果, 臨海仙人掌梨果
- English
- Coastal pricklypear, Coastal prickly-pear
- Spanish
- Nopal del Litoral
Synonyms
- Opuntia engelmannii f. littoralis (Engelm.) Schelle
- Opuntia engelmannii var. littoralis Engelm.
- Opuntia lindheimeri var. littoralis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia littoralis var. littoralis
- Opuntia littoralis var. piercei (Fosberg) L.D.Benson & Walk.
- Opuntia occidentalis var. littoralis (Engelm.) Parish ex Jeps.
- Opuntia occidentalis var. littoralis (Engelm.) Parish
- Opuntia occidentalis var. piercei (Fosberg) Munz
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. piercei Fosberg
- Opuntia semispinosa Griffiths
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.