Northern Ontario Plant Database

Synonymy

Synonymy - Opuntia fragilis

Cactaceae Cactus Family

Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
brittle pricklypear cactus, fragile pricklypear , little pricklypear, pygmy pricklypear ; Fr: oponce fragile

• [=Cactus fragilis Nutt. - basionym]
• [=Opuntia brachyarthra Engelm. & J.M Bigelow]
• [=Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. forma brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M Bigelow) Schelle]
• [=Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. subsp. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M Bigelow) W.A. Weber]
• [=Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. var. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M Bigelow) J.M. Coult.]
• [=Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. var. denudata Wiegand & Backeb.]
• [=Terecaulis fragilis (Nutt.) Berge]
• [=Tunas fragilis (Nutt.) Nieuwl. & Lunell]