Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
(ASU:Plants)
Catalog #:
ASU0057736
Occurrence ID (GUID):
5bc09575-e952-4b16-b9c3-eb1ea049e427
Secondary Catalog #:
187570
Taxon: Cylindropuntia molesta subsp. molesta Family: Cactaceae
Determiner: Jon P. Rebman (1994)
Collector:
Marc A. Baker
Number:
8781
Date: 1992-03-09
Additional Collectors:
Bob Johnson
Locality:
Mexico, Baja California, Valle San Rafael; 14.7 road miles NW of El Progreso.
28.46667 -113.1667
Verbatim Coordinates:
28d 28m N, 113d 10m W
Elevation:
200 meters (656ft)
Habitat:
Flats of granitic sand.
Associated Species:
Solanum hindsianum, Jatropha cinerea, Opuntia molesta, Pachycereus pringlei, Larrea tridentata, Hymenoclea salsola, Viscainoa geniculate, Bursera microphylla, Cercidium microphyllum, Acacia, Ferocactus, Hyptis emoryi
Description:
Shrub 1.8 m tall, 4 m broad; stems gray-green, glaucous; spines pale straw-yellow; sheaths tipped yellow-brown; no flowers open; fruit mostly dry; ultimate stem segments easily detached and cloning.
Notes:
n=44
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Record ID: 5bc09575-e952-4b16-b9c3-eb1ea049e427
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Elizabeth Makings (Elizabeth.Makings@asu.edu)
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