Cactaceae
Santa Rita prickly pear
Opuntia santa-rita
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Opuntia santa-ritaCactaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Santa Rita prickly pear, Santa Rita pricklypear
Synonyms
- Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita Griffiths & Hare
- Opuntia chlorotica var. santarita Griffiths & Hare
- Opuntia gosseliniana subsp. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Guiggi
- Opuntia gosseliniana var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia gosseliniana var. santarita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia santarita (Griffiths & Hare) Rose
- Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia violacea var. santarita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- 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.