Opuntia stricta

1 Common Prickly Pear at Yarralumla, ACT

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Identification history

	Opuntia stricta	23 Nov 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	2 Nov 2020	JaneR

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Just one plant, nestled at base of tree

2 comments

grakymhirth@tpg.com wrote:

18 Jun 2025

Dug out Graeme Hirth

Tapirlord wrote:

1 Jul 2025

Nicely done Graeme! Your sighting is definetely of an Opuntia cactus, but It does not appear to be O.stricta. I'll return to unidentified for the moment.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.115753 -35.302272
Altitude 582.0m
Maps Stirling Park
Places Yarralumla, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
1 Nov 2020 02:46 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

Opuntia stricta Scientific name
Common Prickly Pear Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Medium weed or pest
Up to 790.6m Recorded at altitude
57 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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