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Sourced5 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, POWO / WCVP (Kew)

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Raf.) Raf.	(Raf.) Raf. · POWO / WCVP (Kew) · Reported · 2026-10-11	Sourced
Bibliography	Med. fl. 2:247. 1830	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	1830	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Creeping prickly-pear	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. U.S.A., Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	38 cm	37.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 882, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	orange, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit color	red	red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	40 cm	40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 882, 918	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 818, 882, 918, 925	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	13 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record

Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf., 1830 20% complete

Creeping prickly-pear

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