Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium
(DES)
Catalog #:
DES00061870
Occurrence ID (GUID):
3f9e41a8-953b-40e7-ba2e-b9bfe4d2581a
Taxon: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) F.M. Knuth Family: Cactaceae
Collector:
Joni Ward
Date: 2008-04-10
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Maricopa 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 1975 0352 0104; originally received as a plant collected by Rodney Engard s. n., from Arizona, Maricopa County, Scottsdale, at the corner of Pinnacle Peak Road and Pima Road.
Description:
Multi-branching plant; stems are gray at base and blue-gray-green on joints; spines tan with sheaths or gray at base; flowers collected late afternoon, flower diameter 40-54 mm, length 37-56 mm, outer perianth yellow-green with a wide reddish-brown midstripe, inner perianth brilliant lemon-yellow with a reddish-brown blush at tips; stimga lobe number 6-8, color yellow; filaments maroon; thigmotrophic positive; fruit collected 14 October 2008 by Rosemary Trelease and Nancy Foisy, dry fruit tan with golden spines, diameter 13-17 mm, length 17-21 mm; seeds golden tan.
Reproductive Condition:
flowers & fruit
Notes:
Cultivated or Captive
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Record ID: 3f9e41a8-953b-40e7-ba2e-b9bfe4d2581a
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)
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