University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
William A. Weber
3357
1947-05-18
18 May 1947
United States, Colorado, Garfield, 5 mi. n. of Rifle along Government Creek.
39.6055368 -107.803777 +-5000m. WGS84
I plotted the UTM 5 miles north of Rifle along Government Creek. RA
1768 meters
5800 ft, 1768 m
West-facing slope, clay soil, pinon-juniper.
Veg
Opuntia polyacantha Haw., det. Lyman Benson, 1968. / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. rufispina (Engelm. et Bigelow) L. Benson, det. G. K. Arp, 1972. / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha, det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Originally identified as Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
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