Prickly Pears at Crace, ACT
Identification history
| Opuntia (genus) | 23 Apr 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Opuntia (genus) | 20 Apr 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Opuntia stricta | 19 Apr 2019 | gavinlongmuir |
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BettyDonWood
wrote:
20 Apr 2019
It is difficult to tell which species of Opuntia it is from a photo. Diagnostics include the size of the segments and how many spines per areole (hairy nodes dotted over the segments).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.096993-35.198447
- Altitude 649.1m
- Maps Percival Hill
- Places Crace, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Apr 2019 12:13 PM Recorded on
- gavinlongmuir Recorded by
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Collections
gavinlongmuir Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Opuntia (genus) Cacti & Succulents Plants
Additional information
- False In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Opuntia (genus) Scientific name
- Prickly Pears Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 786m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes