Eastern Mojave Vegetation
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation
| Coll. No. 1948, Opuntia macrorhiza |
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Photographed 22 December 2018. Coll. No. 1948, 15 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial cactus, not distinctly mat-forming; Stem, segments, 90 mm. × 60 mm. wide, flattened, bluish-green, areoles, #5-6 per diagonal row, spaced 8-14 mm., proximal, glochids only, distal, glochids and spines, spines, #2, #1, 28 mm., erect, brown to tan at tip, #1, 12 mm., recumbent, nearly white; Flowers, petals, 36 mm. × 22 mm. wide, wedge-shaped, color yellow; Stamens, many, 18 mm., yellow; Style, 20-24 mm., stout; Stigma, lobes, #6-8, 3 mm.; Fruit, 38 mm. × 17 mm. wide, narrow at base, fleshy, green, areoles, mix of glochids and short spines.
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Date and time this page was prepared: 4/14/2024 5:45:38 PM |