Opuntia xcurvispina Calflora

Taxon Report

Opuntia xcurvispina Griffiths

(not an active name)

Curved-spine beavertail

Opuntia xcurvispina is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found in Arizona and Nevada.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~5 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Opuntia
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Chaparral, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by CNPS

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Opuntia curvispina

Information about Opuntia xcurvispina from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 2B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/03/2024).