University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
G. K. Arp
1493A
1970-09-06
06 September 1970
United States, Colorado, San Miguel, Dolores River overlook 1 mile south of Slick Rock Post Office.
38.04263 -108.89083 +-3500m. WGS84
The point was plotted at Slick Rock per collector given locality information. However, the collector said 1 miles south of Slick Rock Post Office, but this post office is no longer in service and Slick Rock is now serviced by the Egnar post office (usps w
2164 meters
7100 ft, 2164 m
In heavy pinyon-juniper forest.
Veg
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha, det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Originally ID as Opuntia. Attached note reads: this specimen definitely has flattened spines, however it is obscure-tending to be exhibited only on the subordinate spines....
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