Opuntia caracassana Salm-Dyck is a plant in the Cactaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Opuntia caracassana Salm-Dyck
Opuntia caracassana is a yellow-flowered cactus that grows up to 1m tall, found across neotropical northern South America and the Caribbean.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Opuntia caracassana Salm-Dyck typically grows erect, reaching up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) in height. It produces yellow flowers and small, red fruit. This cactus is distributed across neotropical regions between northern South America and the Caribbean. Confirmed observed populations are located in Aruba, Colombia, Curaçao, and the Dutch Caribbean. Records from citizen science projects also note that specimens have been found in Costa Rica and Venezuela.
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Echinocereus nicholii (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt
Ferocactus latispinus subsp. spiralis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) N.P.Taylor
Armatocereus matucanensis Backeb.
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.
Corryocactus erectus (Backeb.) F.Ritter
Mammillaria candida Scheidw.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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