Opuntia puberula
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Family Cactaceae
Taxonomy: Opuntia puberula Pfeiff.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Opuntia lubrica Griffiths (taxonomic synonym)
- Opuntia sp. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Opuntia tenuispina Engelm. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 47 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 60 mm (50-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): purple (2); red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 79.5 mm (3-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); prostrate (1); spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.33 m (0.3-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 18 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2023 | 10 | 15 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |