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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00059407
Occurrence ID:
1ab8e715-63b9-418e-aea5-5527d7d1a8fc
Taxon:
Opuntia phaeacantha var. major
Engelm.
Family:
Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
20490
Date:
2005-04-20
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Pinal County, Whitford Canyon, along Arizona Trail.
33.328033 -111.14585
Verbatim Coordinates:
33d 19.682m N; 111d 8.751m W
Elevation:
825 meters (2706ft)
Habitat:
Above creek bed, Upper Sonoran desert scrub
Associated Taxa:
Fouquieria splendens, Mirabilis bigelovii, Selaginella arizonica, Ayenia, Sarcostemma, Abutilon incanum, Lycium, Celtis pallida, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Senna covesii, Dodonaea viscosa, Ambrosia ambrosioides, Prosopis velutina, Encelia farinosa, Eriastrum, Opuntia engelmannii, Cylindropuntia bigelovii, C. fulgida mamillata, Carnegiea gigantea.
Description:
Frequent, low sprawling prickly-pear, flowers with perianth yellow, maroon towards base within, flowers 72(l) x 82(w) mm, 75(l) x 75(w) mm, hypanthium narrow.
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Usage Rights:
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Record ID:
1ab8e715-63b9-418e-aea5-5527d7d1a8fc
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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