Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium
(DES)
Catalog #:
DES00076555
Occurrence ID (GUID):
9aeeef9f-a08a-44a5-8cad-706bca7fb0ec
Taxon: Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt Family: Cactaceae
Determiner: Wendy C. Hodgson and Amy Prince (2017-03-13)
ID References:
Intermountain Flora
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Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
28401
Date: 2013-05-09
Additional Collectors:
Vera Markgraf, Paul Bindel, Kathy Hilton
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Coconino, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument/Wilderness Area, southwest of Fisher Spring.
36.866231 -111.639533
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 442997E 4080224N
Elevation:
1234 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4050 ft
Habitat:
Great Basin desert scrub, sandy east-south-east slope.
Substrate:
Sandstone
Associated Species:
Sphaeralcea rusbyi/grossulariifolia, Achnatherum hymenoides, Artemisia filifolia, Psorothamnus fremontii, Ephedra, Malacothrix glabrata, Vanclevea stylosa, Chaenactis stevioides, Abronia elliptica, Psoralidium junceum.
Description:
Locally common, low-growing, flowers 74(l)x54(w) mm, 82x56 mm, 82x59 mm, 77x60 mm, 75x55 mm, 78x57 mm, 80x73 mm, 79x65 mm, 74x54 mm, outer perianth olive green midstripe, margins light green-olive rose, inner perianth rose-pink, glossy, filaments red rose, anthers light green, style white, stigma lobes dark green, inner tepal 40x34 mm, obovate.
Reproductive Condition:
flowers
Notes:
Sheet I of II. Photo.
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID: 9aeeef9f-a08a-44a5-8cad-706bca7fb0ec
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)
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