Opuntia repens, the roving pricklypear, is a species of cactus that is native to dry forests Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It is a small shrub, growing up to 50 cm (20 in) tall, with yellow flowers and red fruit.[1] Like its cousins, "jumping cholla" Opuntias of the Mojave, Sonoran, and Colorado deserts, it propagates by a segment dislodging after spines are caught in a large mammal's fur, whereby the segment is transported to another location. This is in addition to propagation by seed.
. Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden. 78. 1996. The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, New York. 0-89327-402-X. registration.