United States, Arizona, Mohave, Lake Mead Recreation Area, off of Pierce Ferry Rd., vicinity of Meadview
36.00626 -114.08638
951 meters (3119ft)
in degraded granitic soils along the SW slope of Lake Mead
Ambrosia dumosa, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, C. echinocarpa, C. ramosissima, Eriogonum inflatum, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Krameria erecta, Larrea tridentata, Yucca jageriana, Y. schidigera
erect shrub 50–60 cm tall, 4-5 pads high, older spines turning white & curling, younger spines yellowish; plants with nearly mature fruit (perianth persistent), fruit 3.1-3.6 x 1.4-1.5 cm; flowered in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden 26-29 March 2016, pericarpel 40-43 x 20-23 mm, tepals pale peach-yellow, 40-47 x 35-36 mm, rhomboid, style 25-27 mm, stigma lobes dark green, 6; common in the area