University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
G.K. Arp
1707
1971-09-04
04 September 1971
United States, Colorado, Montrose, 3-4 miles W of Montrose.
38.47733 -107.94044 +-100m. WGS84
I placed the point 3.5 miles due W of Montrose. Uncertainty is high due to the vagueness of the locality. The collector-provided elevation is impossibly wrong.
1615 meters
5300 ft, 1615 m
In open sage and pinyon hills.
Veg
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. hystricina (Engelm. & Bigel.) Parfitt, in ed., det. Bruce D. Parfitt 1991. Originally ID as Opuntia erinacea var. hystricina.
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