Taxon:
Opuntia chlorotica Engelm. & Bigelow
Family: Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson 30466
Date: 2015-06-24
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Agua Fria National Monument, Perry Mesa, on hill overlooking and west of Hackberry Wash and north of Tank Wash.
34.20027 -111.993572 WGS 84
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 408460E 3784808N
Elevation:
1230 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4036 ft
Habitat:
Mimosa-acacia open grassland, east-facing rocky slope.
Substrate:
Basalt.
Associated Species:
Opuntia engelmannii, Opuntia phaeacantha, Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera, Acacia greggii, Hilaria jamesii, Agave, Eriogonum wrightii, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Bouteloua curtipendula, Nolina microcarpa, Krameria erecta, Ambrosia confertiflora.
Description:
Occasional, single trunked, 1-5/8 m high x 2-1/2 m wide, flowers 72(l)x60(w) mm, 80x49 mm, 75x60 mm, outer perianth light chartreuse-light yellow with maroon tips, inner perianth light yellow with maroon base, filaments light cream-light chartreuse, becoming cream-white distally, anthers cream-white, style cream-white, stigma lobes light chartreuse.
Reproductive Condition:
Flowers
Record Id: 3bcbe8ee-e865-43f1-be81-f0718eae35e5
Occurrence ID (GUID):
3bcbe8ee-e865-43f1-be81-f0718eae35e5
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