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Each value Trefle shows for Opuntia polyacantha, 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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Sourced5 Source not recorded15 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	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	Cliff prickly-pear	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. Canada to N. Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	21 cm	21 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 500, 818, 882	Sourced
Biological type	empty	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500	Not on the record
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Stoloniferous	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	150 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 500, 818, 882	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Ph maximum	pH 8.8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	28 cm	28 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Other
Human usage type	—	berries_nuts_seeds, coppice_potential, fodder · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Opuntia polyacantha Haw., 1819 31% complete

Cliff prickly-pear

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