Opuntia engelmannii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.

Cactus apple

2021 Ron Vanderhoff

2020 Jane Thorngren

2023 Ron Vanderhoff

2010 Peter Pak

2021 Ron Vanderhoff

Opuntia engelmannii is a shrub that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~86 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. engelmannii
Genus:	Opuntia
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


iNat	Opuntia lindheimeri

Information about Opuntia engelmannii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (OPEN3) 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 BONAP Distribution Map 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]. 2025. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 02/03/2025).