University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
G.K. Arp
1437
1970-08-15
15 August 1970
United States, Colorado, Chaffee, 2 miles west of Buena Vista.
38.8422172 -106.1681998 +-1000m. WGS84
I plotted the UTM 2 miles west of the GNIS point for Buenva Vista. RA
2438 meters
8000 ft, 2438 m
Abundant in rocky fields.
Veg
Opuntia heacockii G.K. Arp, cited by Arp, Sida 10:207-210.1984 / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha, det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Original ID as Opuntia polyacantha Haw. (While the plant is a member of the Dwarf root sprouting forms of the area, it exhibits the flat based spines of O. erinacea.).
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