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Taxon: Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.
Family: Cactaceae

Collector: Joni Ward      

Date: 2002-09-17

Locality: USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, 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 1990 0251 0103; originally received as a pad collected by Patrick Quirk, 22 November 1985, from Arizona, Yavapai County, Hassayampa River; altitude 1341, grid section 9, T 11 N, R3W; originally received as Opuntia macrorhiza, name changed to Opuntia sp. then changed back.

34.310916  -112.569134 +-969m.

Verbatim Coordinates: TRS: T11N R3W

Elevation: 408 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 1341ft.

Habitat: Cultivation in Sonoran Desert

Description: Plant 6 feet by 6 feet; pad color blue-green with a slight purple hue; spine color white with dark or reddish-brown tips or reddish-brown or gray, mostly on upper portion of pad; 1-2 spines per areole, 1 longer, 1 shorter; dry fruit diameter 20 mm, length 40 mm, color dark magenta; seed color tan

Notes: This is sheet II/II and has pads and a fruit. Sheet I/II is DES00048529 and has flowers and fruit.; Cultivated or Captive

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Record Id: 0bd2fdb8-4f24-4176-92b3-7f920d7afc58

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)

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