Opuntia elata

A Prickly Pear at Deakin, ACT

Opuntia elata at Deakin, ACT - 15 Dec 2018
Opuntia elata at Deakin, ACT - 15 Dec 2018
Opuntia elata at Deakin, ACT - 15 Dec 2018
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Identification history

Opuntia elata 16 Dec 2018 BettyDonWood
Opuntia elata 16 Dec 2018 BettyDonWood
Opuntia elate 16 Dec 2018 RWPurdie

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Around 50 plants scattered over 30-40 metres distance. Herbarium specimen collected (RWP11344).

4 comments

Mike wrote:
   16 Dec 2018
It looks as though autocorrect changed your suggestion. It is O. elata. Autocorrect tried to give me elate or plata!
BettyDonWood wrote:
   17 Dec 2018
That is why I have turned off autocorrect so it only makes suggestiins.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   17 Dec 2018
That is why I have turned off autocorrect so it only makes suggestiins.
RWPurdie wrote:
   17 Dec 2018
I hadn't noticed the auto-correction; thanks!

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 15 Dec 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
  • RWPurdie Recorded by

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Opuntia elata Scientific name
  • A Prickly Pear Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Noxious or High Risk Weed or Pest
  • Up to 831.6m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
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