University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
G. K. Arp
1718
1971-09-04
04 September 1971
United States, Colorado, Montrose, 3-4 miles W of Montrose.
38.47733 -107.94044 +-100m. WGS84
I placed the point 3.5 miles due W of Montrose. Uncertainty is high due to the vagueness of the locality. The collector-provided elevation is impossibly wrong.
1585 meters
5200 ft, 1585 m
On low alkali hills, overgrazed and without pinyon pine cover.
Veg
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var.? det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Originally identified as Opuntia erinacea Engelm. et Big.
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