USA, Utah, Maricopa County: Grown in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, N 33 deg 27' 33'', W 111 deg 56' 35'', 1200 ft., 366 m: accession number 1951 3166 0101; originally received as a plant collected by Hubert Earle s. n., Utah, 3 miles S. Of Rockeville; alt. 4200 ft.
Pads gray-green; spines gray; glochids golden. Fruit collected 16 October 2001 by Rosemary Trelease and Nancy Foisy; fruit condition dry, color tan to dark brown, diameter 18-21 mm, length 40-45 mm, few spines on outside; Seeds gold and tan.