Native Plants
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) Parfitt & Pinkava
Texas Prickly Pear, Lindheimer's Prickly Pear, Lindheimer Prickly Pear
Cactaceae (Cactus Family)
USDA Symbol: OPENLUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Opuntia lindheimeri var. lindheimeri
Texas Pricklypear
Cactaceae
Location: 60 m S of S Oakwell Farms Pky & 100 m E of Harry Wurzbach Dr--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In shallow clay on limestone hill. Full sun. Nominal moisture.
Description: Shrub, 1 m tall. Joints green, obovate to orbicular, flat, 20+ cm long x 15+ cm broad. Spines 1-6 in most areoles, 5+ cm long. Fruit fleshy, elongate, 4+ cm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Sep 1, 1994
Specimen number: 664
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0948
Accession Date: Oct 27, 1994
Accession Number: 73
Annotations: SXFXB (In fruit)