Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU:Plants)
ASU0054228
fe53b88b-23b2-4375-b05b-96b6f98bbf5c
198951
Cumulopuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) E.F.Anderson
Cactaceae
D. J. Pinkava (2003)
Wendy Hodgson
7877
1994-02-19
Ted Anderson, Joe McAuliffe, K. & Fred Katterman, Camilo Diaz, C. Ostolaza, Guido Lombardi
Peru, Ica, Km 519 south of Nasca.
-15.43822 -74.87019
15d 26m 17.6s S, 74d 52m 12.7s W
330 meters (1082ft)
Open, S-facing sandy-alluvial slope, overlooking drainage with water; only other vegetation is a few dead or nearly dead Haageocereus decumbens and a few Eriosyce islayensis.
Plants uncommon, this in a large clone, 3 x 3 m, low-growing, prefers sandy hummocks.