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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00086132
Occurrence ID:
7db9c534-ebcc-4479-8c3f-6ab6e62aa253
Taxon:
Opuntia phaeacantha
Engelm.
Family:
Cactaceae
Determiner:
Lucas C. Majure
Collector:
Lucas C. Majure
Number:
5441
Date:
2014-10-27
Additional Collectors:
Joe McAuliffe
Locality:
United States, Nevada, Clark County, 8.2 air km E of Nipton, CA in E-W mountain range just S of Nipton Rd. and W of Crescent Peak
35.46054 -115.17036 WGS
Elevation:
1351 meters (4431ft)
Habitat:
shrubland, growing along wash in gravely-silty soils
Substrate:
metamorphic rock in silty soils
Associated Taxa:
Muhlenbergia porteri, Ambrosia eriocentra, Ephedra nevadensis, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Salvia doorii, Yucca schidigera
Description:
sprawling to slightly erect shrub to 60 cm tall, heavily damaged from herbivory, spines in upper portion of areole dark chestnut to reddish-brown, 1-2 smaller white spines reflexed at lower portion of areole; very rare in the area
Reproductive Condition:
sterile
Notes:
2n=66
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Record ID:
7db9c534-ebcc-4479-8c3f-6ab6e62aa253
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
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Lucas C. Majure 5441
2014-10-27
Catalog #:
DES00086132
GUID:
7db9c534-ebcc-4479-8c3f-6ab6e62aa253
Latest Identification:
Opuntia phaeacantha
Engelm.
Identified by:
Lucas C. Majure
Specimen Duplicates
General Research Observations (SEINet)
Lucas C. Majure 5441
2014-10-27
Latest Identification:
Opuntia phaeacantha
Engelm.
Identified by:
Lucas C. Majure
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