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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium
(DES)
Catalog #: DES00066482
Occurrence ID (GUID): 6bafe80d-eb7b-466a-895c-f50494d0b574
Taxon: Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L. Benson) B. Parfitt
Family: Cactaceae
Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson
Number: 24830
Date: 2010-05-07
Additional Collectors: Kelly Watters, Vera Markgraf
Locality: USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Marble Canyon, southwest of Vermillion Cliffs Lodge along hwy 89A, 12S 437246 E, 4069401 N, NAD 83/84
36.768308  -111.703158
Verbatim Coordinates: UTM: 12S 437246 E, 4069401 N
Elevation: 1171 meters Verbatim Elevation: 3843ft.
Habitat: Sandy gravelly soil
Associated Species: Atriplex canescens, Achnatherum hymenoides, Opuntia polyacantha nicholii, Hilaria jamesii, Oenothera pallida, Yucca baileyi, Gutierrezia sarothrae.
Description: Fairly frequent low-growing, flowers 85(l) x 89(w) mm, 83 x 74 mm, outer perianth dark rose pink with green midstripe, inner perianth dark rose pink, filaments red-salmon, anthers light yellow, style white, stigma lobes green; a flower collected 15 May 2010 by Joni Ward from plant in propagation: length=58 mm width 60 mm, outer perianth pink with green to greenish-brown midstripe, inner perianth hot pink, filaments pink proximally, to red to orange distally, style white with pink blush in middle, stigma lobes 9, olive-green.
Notes: sheet 2 of 2.
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Record ID: 6bafe80d-eb7b-466a-895c-f50494d0b574
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)
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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Wendy C. Hodgson 248302010-05-07
Catalog Number: DES00066482
GUID: 6bafe80d-eb7b-466a-895c-f50494d0b574
Latest Identification: Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L. Benson) B. Parfitt


Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Wendy C. Hodgson 248302010-05-07
Catalog Number: DES00066481
Latest Identification: Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L. Benson) B. Parfitt
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