Opuntia curvospina Calflora

Taxon Report

Opuntia curvospina Griffiths

(not an active name)

Curved spine beavertail, Searchlight pricklypear

Opuntia curvospina is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California, and also found in Arizona and Nevada.

also called Opuntia xcurvispina


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1 records in California Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


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

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

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Calflora	Opuntia curvispina

Information about Opuntia curvospina 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	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape 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: 11/21/2024).