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Opuntia hyptiacantha is a Mexican prickly pear cactus, a shrub or small tree-like succulent in the Cactaceae family. It grows well in full sun with fast-draining, gritty soil and needs little water.
Opuntia hyptiacantha is a plant that belongs to the family Cactaceae. They can be found in Mexico within Durango, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and the State of Mexico.
The species is found in tropical wet and dry climates (at least one month in which less than 600 mm of rain falls), although there are also some sites with semi-arid climate (continental arid climate <600 mm) and dry winter subtropical. The wettest month of summer is 10 times higher than the driest month of winter. It can also be found in temperate and cold weather zones, where the humidity conditions are highest, these climates are characteristic of some areas of central Mexico. Average annual temperature is from 20-29 °C, the average annual rainfall varies between 300-1800 mm.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opuntia hyptiacantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
