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Taxon: Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Family: Cactaceae

Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson   25377   

Date: 2010-06-18

Locality: USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Kanab Creek Wilderness, Kaibab National Forest, Sowats Point, along old jeep trail, 12S 362060 E, 4041115 N, NAD 83/84

36.505443  -112.540331 +-1000m.

Verbatim Coordinates: UTM: 4041115 362060 12S

Elevation: 1878 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 6162ft.

Habitat: Kaibab limestone

Associated Species: Purshsia stansburiana, Fallugia paradoxa, Yucca baccata, Pinus edulis, Agave utahensis utahensis, Ephedra nevadense, Hesperostipa comata, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Artemisia bigelovii, Castilleja angustifolia, Juniperus osteosperma, Chaetopappa ericoides, Achnatherum hymenoides, A. speciosum, Opuntia cf phaeacantha, Hymenoxys cooperi, Penstemon pachyphyllus congestus.

Description: Occasional, flower 68(l) x 70(w) mm, 72 x 80 mm, outer perianth rose-pink, green-brown midrib, inner perianth glossy rose-pink, filaments yellowish at base becoming orange-red distally, anthers cream, style white, stigma lobes green.

Occurrence Remarks: sheet 1 of 2.

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Record Id: d9fb6396-d615-445f-b3af-3032c2146640

Occurrence ID (GUID): d9fb6396-d615-445f-b3af-3032c2146640

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kirstin Olmon Phillips (kphillips@musnaz.org)

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