Cylindropuntia whipplei var. whipplei (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth
Cactaceae
Wendy C. Hodgson
27068
2012-06-01
LIz Slauson
USA, Arizona, Coconino, Kaibab National Forest, Kaibab Monocline east edge, overlooking and west of Kane Ranch, between Kane Canyon and Pleasant Valley Outlet, along FSR 287.
Occasional short but wide woody shrub, fresh flowers 35(l)x35(w) mm, 35x31 mm, 35x38 mm, 32x36 mm, 30x31 mm, 37x35 mm, 40x32 mm, 41x37 mm, 41x41 mm, 41x43 mm, 37x32 mm, 37x30 mm, inner tepal 22x9 mm, narrowly oblanceolate; outer perianth yellow with hint of chartreuse, inner perianth glossy yellow, filaments light chartreuse, anthers yellow, style yellowish-white, stigma lobes yellowish-white with light chartreuse.