Opuntiads of the USA

Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.

This page is under construction, please enjoy the images (all photos copyright Daniel A. Green). Text will be provided at a later date.

Read a description of O. dillenii from 1819 (in the Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum). Also, download a print of O. dillenii from the Botanical Register 3: plt. 255 1817(1818).

Hartmut Böhm published a very nice article about O. dillenii in 2008 (J PACD, 2008, volume 10; page 148-170). Ian Menkins has written a very thoughtful article comparing and contrasting O. dillenii with O. stricta, 2010 (this large file has many illustrations and may take an extra minute to load).

Opuntia dillenii, Flagler Beach, FL	Opuntia dillenii, Flagler Beach, FL	Opuntia dillenii, Flagler Beach, FL
Opuntia dillenii, garden plant	Opuntia dillenii, Florida Keys	Opuntia dillenii, Florida Keys
Opuntia dillenii with flower buds, Marineland, FL	Opuntia dillenii, Marineland, FL	Opuntia dillenii, close-up of spines
Opuntia dillenii	Close-up of plant at left
Opuntia dillenii seedlings