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Each value Trefle shows for Opuntia fragilis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Nutt.) Haw.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 82 (1819)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1819	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Loose prickly-pear	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Canada to N, W. & C. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	empty	9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub	Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 432, 818, 918	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	28 cm	28 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 432, 818	Sourced

Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw., 1819 16% complete

Loose prickly-pear

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