Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
Cactaceae
Melvin M. Sweet
541
2008-03-15
USA, California, San Diego, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park; Coyote Canyon; near gate, above the second crossing, used to close Canyon in Summer, about 8.3 mi NW of the Christmas Circle in the town of Borrego Springs.
33.3689 -116.422
348 meters (1141ft)
Creosote desert scrub. Rocky slope above canyon bottom with running water