Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
cf.
Cactaceae
Wendy C. Hodgson
31339
2017-04-29
Steve Munroe, Sue and Bill Ahearn, Shelley Silbert, Gary Bachman
USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, along Tonto Trail east of junction with HermitTrail, west of Monument Creek, below Cope Butte.
Frequent, many plants in population with very long spines, flowers 80(l) x 85(w) mm, 90x100 mm, 100x84 mm, inner tepal 53x23 mm, broadly oblanceolate, erose apically, outer tepals olive-green midsection and base, rose-light olive green margins, inner tepals rose-pink, filaments red-orange, anthers cream, style white flushed with pink, stigma lobes dark green, 10.