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Has anyone seen a native opuntia humifousa?
I live in MA and I was surprised to find out that there is cacti native to New England.
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- ShadeLv 49 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes...I have one in my yard. The patch is about 4 feet long and 3 feet wide and is covered with yellow flowers with bright orange centers in May-June. I live in Indiana and they are native to this state. It has survived 25 below zero temperatures and still comes back. I provided a link to a picture of mine flowering 2 years ago. It now has over a hundred flowers when it flowers. I look forward to it every year around May-June. I have to say I am not sure mine is humifusa but the Opuntia genus are notoriously difficult to identify to species. There are about 190 species or so of Opuntia and a lot of them look very much alike.
