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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Opuntia pusilla
|accepted_authority=(Haworth) Haworth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Pl. Succ.,
|place=195. 1812
|year=1812
}}
|common_names=Sandbur pricklypear
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cactus pusillus
|authority=Haworth
|rank=species
|publication_title=Misc. Nat.,
|publication_place=188. 1803
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia drummondii
|authority=Graham
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia tracyi
|authority=Britton
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae;Opuntia;Opuntia pusilla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Opuntia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Opuntia pusilla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 126
|treatment_page=page 130
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> creeping, often forming mats, trailing, to 0.1 m. <b>Stem</b> segments easily detached, green, purplish red under stress, flattened, elliptic to linear, sometimes subcylindric (to subspheric), 2.5–5(–8) × 1.2–2.5 cm, tuberculate, glabrous; areoles 2–5 per diagonal row across midstem segment, subcircular, 2–3 mm diam.; wool tan to gray. <b>Spines</b> (0–)1–2(–4) per areole, in distal 3/4 of stem segment areoles (to nearly spineless), porrect to spreading, red-brown, aging gray, stout, straight, terete, to 30 mm, strongly barbed. <b>Glochids</b> in crescent at adaxial edge of areole, pale yellow, aging brown, to 3 mm, longest at areole apex. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals yellow throughout, 20–30 mm; filaments and anthers yellow; style and stigma lobes white. <b>Fruits</b> green becoming red-purple at late maturity, barrel-shaped, 18–30 × 12–20 mm, fleshy, glabrous, spineless; areoles 8–16. <b>Seeds</b> tan, subcircular, flattened, 4–6 mm diam.; girdle slightly protruding. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Dune and pine scrub, primarily coastal, sandy openings, dunes, or rocky outcrops
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga. ;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|tables=
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name=Opuntia pusilla
|authority=(Haworth) Haworth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Opuntia drummondii;Opuntia tracyi
|basionyms=Cactus pusillus
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–May).
|habitat=Dune and pine scrub, primarily coastal, sandy openings, dunes, or rocky outcrops
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga. ;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Pl. Succ.,
|publication year=1812
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
|genus=Opuntia
|species=Opuntia pusilla
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