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Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298-299 [preprint p. 51]. 1856 [Mar ? 1856]
Family: CACTACEAE

Opuntia basilaris Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Growing habit near Borrego Springs, California, USA. The common name Beavertail Cactus (Beavertail Prickly Pear) Refers to the pads that remember the tail of a beaver.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298-299 [preprint p. 51]. 1856 [Mar ? 1856]
Synonymy: 12 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz
Man. S. Calif. Bot. [Munz] 325. 1935
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia basilaris var. caudata hort.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia basilaris var. treleasii (J.M.Coult.) Toumey
Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 3: 1147 1147 1901.
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Woodbury Beavertail Cactus, Trelease Beavertail Prickly Pear, Trelease's Beavertail Cactus, Short-joint Beavertail Cactus, Kern Beavertail Cactus, Elongated Beavertail Cactus, Branching Beavertail Cactus, Beavertail Prickly Pear, Beavertail Cactus, Bakersfield Beavertail Cactus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Opuntia basilaris group


10803 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
New cladodes stretch from the plant base, from which the name "basilaris". Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
30120 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Opuntia basilaris, near Borrego Springs, California, USA. Photo by: Raimondo Paladini

30118 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Habitat of Opuntia basilaris near Borrego springs. Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
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