Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Eastern Prickly-pear - Opuntia mesacantha ssp. lata   (Small) Majure
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Section 6 » Family Cactaceae
Author(Small) Majure
DistributionWeakley (2018) indicates that this form is restricted to coastal areas and other habitats on the Outer Coastal Plain; he considers it rare in the NC Coastal Plain. Unfortunately, the website editors are unable to find specimens labeled as this taxon to populate the range map.
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B.A. SorrieDisturbed roadside and woodlsnd. late May 2015. MoorePhoto_natural