Opuntia.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
Engl.: devil's tongue.
Sven.: krypopuntia.
Bot. syn.: Cactus opuntia L., Opuntia calcicola Wherry, Opuntia compressa auct. non J. F. Macbr., Opuntia opuntia (L.) Karst., Opuntia rafinesquei Engelm.
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