Locality:
USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Along BLM Road 8012 south of Getz Well and Interstate 8, north of the Javelina Mountains.
32.8648 -112.448967
Verbatim Coordinates:
32d 51.888m N; 112d 26.938m W
Elevation:
1552 meters (5091ft)
Habitat:
Desert scrub flats.
Associated Species:
Larrea tridentata, Olneya tesota, Carnegiea gigantea, Echinocereus engelmannii, Cylindropuntia fulgida, C. leptocaulis, Krameria, Ambrosia deltoidea, A. dumosa.
Description:
Local to frequent, plants 2 m high x 2 m wide, spines red-brown. Flowers collected 10, 12 April 2009 by Wendy Hodgson: flowers 59(l)x49(w) mm, 66x40 mm, 58x61 mm, 62x42 mm; outer perianth dark brick red-maroon, inner perianth brick red, filaments yellow-green basally soon becoming red-pink distally, anthers light yellow, style cream-white flushed with light pink distally, stigma lobes light cream-green.