University of New Mexico Herbarium (UNM:Vascular Plants)
UNM0115995
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Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.
Cactaceae
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P. Pierce
1165
1962-08-13
8/13/1962
United States, New Mexico, San Miguel, 1 mi. east of Rowe on top of Rowe Mesa.
35.491704 -105.657478 +-2639m. WGS84
Locality Type: D 10/07/2022
The only sp. of cactus found on the mesa.
Growing in blue grama grass with some Juniperus monosperma, Pinus edulis, Quercus. Also small Echinocereus viridiflorus on mesa top.
Joint size and spine distribution approach O. phaeacantha var. major.
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The only sp. of cactus found on the mesa. With Growing in blue grama grass with some Juniperus monosperma, Pinus edulis, Quercus. Also small Echinocereus viridiflorus on mesa top. Joint size and spine distribution approach O. phaeacantha var. major.