Occurrence ID (GUID):
ae1c384d-f8e7-4d76-aea1-df23b7707247
Taxon:Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) F. M. Knuth Family: CACTACEAE
Collector:
M.A. Baker
Number:
16724.1
Date: 2008-09-19
Locality:
USA, CALIFORNIA, San Bernardino, 5km west of the Sacramento Mountains, 9km WSW of South Pass, 32km due west of Needles, 2km west of Homer Wash, just south of Interstate 40
Habitat:
lower bajada of sand and gravel, Larrea tridentata/Ambrosia dumosa scrub with Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (lectotype locality), Echinocereus engelmannii, Krameria grayi, Porophyllum gracile, Opuntia basilaris, and Yucca schidigera.
Description:
Common shrub generally less than 1m tall; type locality for O. acanthocarpa Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow var. coloradensis L. Benson; bud collected during meiosis of microgametogenesis 11 June 2010 from individual transplanted to Chino Valley, Arizona; n=11.