Index / Search / Opuntia humifusa
§1 Plant
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
vernacular devil's-tongue — species · Cactaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Opuntia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 608 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 608 counties across 28 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bourbon 21017
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Larue 21123
- Lee 21129
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Franklin 22041
- Lincoln 22061
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Lee 37105
- New Hanover 37129
- Pender 37141
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
Ohio view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 14 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Aransas 48007
- Archer 48009
- Atascosa 48013
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Colorado 48089
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Duval 48131
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Jefferson 48245
- Kaufman 48257
- Kerr 48265
- Limestone 48293
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Milam 48331
- Panola 48365
- Refugio 48391
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Patricio 48409
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Upshur 48459
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
Virginia view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OPHU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384047 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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