Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU:Plants)
ASU0054779
91a5efbc-6db3-45d7-8535-06c67ee0db39
189819
Opuntia leptocaulis Dc.
Cactaceae
Donald J. Pinkava (1993)
Marc A. Baker
10454
1993-03-14
T. R. & R. K. Van Devender, S, A. Meyer, J. F. Wiens, K. J. Johnson, M. Bernzott, V. W. Steinman
Mexico, Sonora, 1.3 km west of MEX 15 on Huatabambo Road, 1.4 km south of Bachoco Road; 22 air miles south of Navojoa.
26.825 -109.3889
26d 49m 30s N, 109d 23m 20s W
30 meters (98ft)
Coastal Sinaloan thornscrub.
Densely-branched shrub with dark gray-green, often glossy stems; fruit obovate, green, tinged yellow to orange; chaining to 4 in number, often bearing new stems from arcóles; no meiosis found in flower buds.