Prickly Pear at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Opuntia sp. | 3 Nov 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Opuntia sp. | 21 Oct 2018 | ACTBioSecurity | ||
| Opuntia puberula | 20 Oct 2018 | ACTBioSecurity |
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Spotted by Ranger Harley A/g Invasive Plants Officer
5 comments
simonstratford
wrote:
21 Oct 2018
Very similar to the pear next to Ainslie village, mapped on collector. I'll grab a photo of it and post on CNM for comparison.
ACTBioSecurity
wrote:
21 Oct 2018
Seems O. puberula is now O. decumbens - found all these photos of it https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/274367-Opuntia-decumbens/browse_photos?fbclid=IwAR1TpDzF9fSxTO5XYHTBLMj4CS1QVALWOzbCK9aNgPXQ6mQB2VinxXfSjw0 Looks similar....
BettyDonWood
wrote:
21 Oct 2018
It is now Opuntia decumbens overseas. However APNI, that records approved names for Australia, does not mention Opuntia decumbens, even as a synonym.
Mike
wrote:
21 Oct 2018
This doesn't have the brown bristles of Opuntia puberula and the spines are too long. See https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3376518 which was identified as O. puberula by the National Herbarium.
ACTBioSecurity
wrote:
21 Oct 2018
Yes agree spines too long. Off to herbarium with this one then. Well done to Ranger Harley A/g Invasive Plants Officer for stopping to collect a suspicious looking species. Has spread fairly quickly so it will be interesting to see which Opuntia species it is.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.090906-35.327128
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
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Weeds of National Significance
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Opuntia sp. Scientific name
- Prickly Pear Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium Weed or Pest
- Up to 754m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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