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Tiger-pear
Opuntia aurantiaca
About
Opuntia aurantiaca, commonly known as tiger-pear, jointed cactus or jointed prickly-pear, is a species of cactus from South America. The species occurs naturally in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay and is considered an invasive species in Africa and Australia.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Opuntia aurantiaca
- Slug
- opuntia-aurantiaca
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Species
- aurantiaca
- Wikidata QID
- Q2027539
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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