Currently Accepted Name: | Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. |
Locality: | Italy. Southern Italy: island of Sicily; town of Syracuse; NE of main rail station ca. 6 km. 37º 3’ 0” N 15º 0’ 0” E |
Description: | Edible fruit and a hedge. |
Habitat: | Railway embankments and adjacent ruderal fields; Associates: Citrus limon, Hordeum vulgare, Oxalis pes-caprae, Rosmarinus officinalis, Lotus cytisoides, Ononis natrix, Brassica incana, Borago officinalis, Centranthus ruber, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Ecballium elaterium, Arisarum vulgare. |
Notes: | CULTIVATED. Native to Tropical America. |
Collector: | J. Richard Abbott E-776 with L.C. Isaacs |