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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium

(DES)

Taxon: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) F.M. Knuth
Identification Qualifier: cf
Family: Cactaceae

Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson   23660   

Date: 2009-03-25

Locality: USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Sierra Estrella Mountains and Wilderness Area, west flank, along jeep trail to Quartz Peak Trailhead, 12S NAD 27, 384396 E, 3673783 N.

33.19855  -112.240967

Verbatim Coordinates: 33d 11.913m N; 112d 14.458m W; UTM: 367378338439612 S

Elevation: 467 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1534ft.

Habitat: Desert scrub, loamy upper bajada

Associated Species: Larrea tridentata, Carnegiea gigantea, Ambrosia deltoidea, Olneya tesota, Cercidium microphyllum, Pleuraphis jamesii, Ferocactus wislizeni, Encelia farinosa, Echinocereus engelmannii.

Description: Common on upper bajada (not lower), erect shrub, 1.5 m high x 1 m wide, stems erect to ascending, flowers 60(l) x 50(w) mm, 55x58 mm, 53x50 mm, 55x45 mm, outer perianth maroon-brown with glossy dark yellow margins, inner perianth glossy dark yellow, filaments dark maroon, anthers yellow, style cream-yellow, stigma lobes darker cream-yellow; dark yellow flowered form most common.

Notes: sheet 1 of 2.

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Record ID: e56153cb-c8e0-439a-905a-0aa6beea56fd

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

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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)