Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
Cactaceae
Donald Pinkava and Wendy Hodgson (2016-12-14)
Wendy C. Hodgson
30797
2016-06-03
USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Arizona National Scenic Trail, Buckskin Mountain Passage, overlooking House Rock Valley, within 1-1/2 to 2 miles of AZ-UT trailhead.
36.9899 -112.055959 NAD 83/WGS84
12S 406031E 4094273N
1829 meters
6002 ft
Northnortheast-facing gentle slope, opened burned area of pinon pine-juniper association.
Occasional, plant ca 1/3 m high x 1/2 m wide, 2 pads high, flowers (10:30 am) 65(l) x 76(w) mm, 55x60 mm, 70x85 mm, 60x70 mm, inner tepal 40x35 mm, broadly oblanceolate, erose apically, tepals fragile, hypanthium 27x26 mm, moderately tuberculate, outer tepals light yellow with slight red-pink flush middle and apices, margins light yellow, broad, inner tepals light yellow, filaments yellow (to light chartreuse), anthers cream-yellow, style white, stigma lobes dark green.