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Taxon: Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmann
Family: CACTACEAE

Collector: Marc A. Baker   16247   

Date: 2006-06-23

Locality: United States, Arizona, Navajo, east end of Low Mountain

35.98  -110.05

Elevation: 2078 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 2078m (6820ft) elevation

Habitat: SE of Piñon; Artemisia tridentata scrub on fine sand with Bouteloua gracilis, Cylindropuntia whipplei, Echinocereus fendleri, Escobaria vivipara, Elymus elymoides, Ephedra cutleri, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Mirabilis multiflora, Juniperus osteosperma, Opuntia fragilis, O. macrorhiza, Pinus edulis and Sclerocactus parviflorus.

Description: Common, trailing to 5-6dm; flower bud in meiosis of microgametogenesis collected 11 May 2008 from individual transplanted to outside garden, Chino Valley, Arizona; n=33; flowers photographed and collected (4) from same individual 27 May 2008; fruits photographed and collected 2 September 2008; additional flowers photographed and pressed 20 May 2009; stems collected 20 February 2010.

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Record Id: 5594ba7e-75be-44bc-887f-bf471afdfaa1

Occurrence ID (GUID): 5594ba7e-75be-44bc-887f-bf471afdfaa1

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Elizabeth Makings (Elizabeth.Makings@asu.edu)

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Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU:Plants)