Summary description from Wikipedia:

Opuntia cespitosa in languages:

English

eastern prickly-pear cactus

English

devil's-tongue

English

eastern prickly-pear

English

Eastern Pricklypear

French

oponce de l'Est

French

figuier d'Inde

French

oponce vulgaire

French

raquette de l'Est

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Parent Taxon

• Opuntia

Sibling Taxa

• Opuntia abjecta
• Opuntia ammophila
• Opuntia austrina
• Opuntia cespitosa
• Opuntia cubensis
• Opuntia drummondii
• Opuntia fusco-atra
• Opuntia humifusa
• Opuntia lata
• Opuntia macrorhiza
• Opuntia mesacantha
• Opuntia nemoralis
• Opuntia ochrocentra
• Opuntia triacanthos
• Opuntia xanthoglochia
• Opuntia zebrina

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