Plants → Magnoliophyta → Magnoliopsida → Caryophyllales → Cactaceae Juss. → Opuntia Mill. → Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Succulent shrub, to 4 m high. Grey sand, calcareous loam. Flats, slopes.
Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions: Avon Wheatbelt P1, Avon Wheatbelt P2, Eastern Murchison, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Belmont, Beverley, Dalwallinu, Leonora, Perth, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Yilgarn.
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