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Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
(ASU:Plants)
Catalog #: ASU0099432
Occurrence ID (GUID): ed18e0f8-0683-4d96-ac41-ef214cde47bd
Secondary Catalog #: 282988
Taxon: Cylindropuntia fulgida var. fulgida
Family: Cactaceae
Collector: unknown
Date: 1991-03-13
Locality: USA, Arizona, Yavapai, Lake Pleasant area, T7N R1E S30 [Transplanted and cultivated at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ]
33.908333  -112.291667
Verbatim Coordinates: 33d 54' 30" N 112d 17' 30" W
Elevation: 532 meters (1745ft)
Habitat: Upper Sonoran Desert
Associated Species: Ambrosia deltoidea, Larrea tridentata, Cercidium microphyllum, Opuntia bigelovii, Ferocactus cylindraceus; Canotia holacantha, Fouquieria splendens, Calliandra eriophylla, Viguiera deltoidea, Mammillaria grahammii, Echinocereus engelmannii, Opuntia acanthocarpa, O. fulgida, O. leptocaulis, Carnegiea gigantea, Simmondsia chinensis, Ephedra sp. Spaheralcea sp. Lycium spp., Eriogonum sp.
Description: Plant height ca 6 feet; stems greenish-yellow gray; spines white; flowers collected in the afternoon, diameter 38-48 mm, length 47-59 mm, outer perianth maroon with reddish-green midstripe, inner perianth deep wine; stigma lobe number 8-9, cream; style cream blused with magenta just below stigma lobes; filaments magenta and greenish-gold; dry fruit tan, diameter 14-17 mm, length 15-20 mm, seeds tan; fleshy fruit collected 7 December 2010 and are yellow or yellow-green, diameter 17-27 mm, length 28-32 mm, most of the fruit are sterile.
Notes: DBG Accession 1991 0300 0105
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Record ID: ed18e0f8-0683-4d96-ac41-ef214cde47bd
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Elizabeth Makings (Elizabeth.Makings@asu.edu)
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