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Brittle Pricklypear (Opuntia fragilis)

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Credit:
Frank Vincentz
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self-made
| License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
Credit:
Frank Vincentz
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self-made
| License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
Credit:
Frank Vincentz
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self-made
| License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
Credit: Dysmorodrepanis | Own photo, Cologne University Botanical Collection | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL

Opuntia Fragilis, or more commonly know as Brittle Pricklypear, is a shrub of the genus Opuntia. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Opuntia Fragilis or Brittle Pricklypear's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Category: Dicot
Genus: Opuntia
Family: Cactaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub
Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
PLANTS Invasive Status: NE&GP
State T/E Status: IA (T) IL (E) MI (E) NV (CY) WI (T)
State T/E Common Name: IA (little pricklypear) IL (fragile prickly pear) MI (fragile prickly-pear) NV (brittle prickly pear little prickly pear) WI (brittle prickly-pear)

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Brittle Pricklypear (Opuntia fragilis)

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