Common name: Common Prickly Pear, Smooth Pest Pear
Opuntia stricta var. stricta (Haw.) Haw. APNI* 
Description: Spines absent, sometimes 1 per areole on margin of stem segments. Widespread.
Distribution and occurrence: All divisions; all mainland States.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *CWS, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *W.A.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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