USA, Utah, Washington County, Ca 0.4 miles west of Interstate 15 and freeway entrance, off of exit 30, parallel to South Ash Creek.
37.3295 -113.29155
37d 19.77m N; 113d 17.493m W
1303 meters
4278ft.
Burned area
Quercus turbinella, Opuntia aurea, O. phaeacantha, O. cf. polyacantha erinacea (?), Gutierrezia sarothrae, Yucca baccata, Chamaesyce.
Rare, low-growing, pads with typical erinacea spines, other pads with no spines, suggestive of O. aurea, common in area; flowers 90 mm l x 64 mm w, hypanthium 38 mm l x 22 mm w, 82 mm l x 62 mm w, hypanthium 43 mm l x 22 mm w, outer perianth dark pink with green midstripe, inner perianth dark pink, filaments dark pink, anthers light yellow, style white, stigma lobes green; pads to DBG.