Opuntia cochenillifera
naturalizedCactaceae

Opuntia cochenillifera

Cochineal Nopal Cactus

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

No written account yet for this species.

Seasonality

Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Where documented · 54 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 154 · GBIF 92 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 25 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 19 · GBIF 13 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puapuaʻa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Opihipau, Hukiaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokulēʻia 2 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokaia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓