University of New Mexico Herbarium (UNM:Vascular Plants)
UNM0134936
8ee9a27d-5a3f-4735-898a-a5405156b6ef
134936
Opuntia polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
Marc A. Baker
14478
2002-06-02
USA, NEW MEXICO, Mora, 2km east offt. Union Ranch at the headwaters of Wolf Creek with Artemisia frigida, Bouteloua eriopoda, Bouteloua gracilis, Echinocereus coccineus, Fallugia paradoxa, Juniperus monosperma, Rhus trilobata, Ribes cereum, and Sporobolus cryptandrus.
35.92 -105.03
2070 meters
2070m (6800ft) elevation
Common, trailing
flower (recently closing after anthesis) collected 2 June 2008 from individual transplanted (outside pot) to Chino Valley, Arizona; flower photographed and collected 3 June 2008 from same individual; flower bud collected during late meiosis of microgametogenesis 16 May 2009; another bud in earlier meiosis collected 20 May 2009; n=22.
flower (recently closing after anthesis) collected 2 June 2008 from individual transplanted (outside pot) to Chino Valley, Arizona; flower photographed and collected 3 June 2008 from same individual; flower bud collected during late meiosis of microgametogenesis 16 May 2009; another bud in earlier meiosis collected 20 May 2009; n=22.