Cylindropuntia bigelovii var. bigelovii (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth
Cactaceae
Wendy C. Hodgson
28197
2013-04-06
USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, North Mountain/Shaw Butte section of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Northwest of visitor center, north of Trail 100, west end of Shaw Butte area, southern flanks of Shaw Butte.
Local, occasional, 1-1/2 m tall, branched above base; flowered 9 and 16 April 2013: flower 55 (l) x 55 (w) mm, 52x17 mm, inner tepal 27 x 14 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, outer perianth chartreuse green with narrow lighter margin, inner perianth chartreuse with darker midstripe, rose apices, filament dark green-chartreuse, anthers yellow, style light chartreuse, stigma lobes dark green.
flowers
Sheet 1 of 2. Central Arizona Conservation Alliance and Plant Atlas Project of Arizona. Photos.