| Name | Opuntia fragilis Nuttall |
| Authorship | Nuttall |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Opuntia |
| Contains | Opuntia fragilis var. frutescens Engelmann & A. Gray |
| Holdings | 37 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Opuntia fragilis Nuttall |
| Identification made in | [no date] (37) |