University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
C. William T. Penland
3510
1947-05-31
31 May 1947
John B. Hartwell
United States, Colorado, Montezuma, McElmo Creek Road, 11 mi W of Cortez.
37.3277928 -108.763216 +-10000m. WGS84
T(35)36N R17W
I put the point approximately 11 miles W or Cortez along Road G (which runs along McElmo Creek and I am guessing is the same as McElmo Creek Road) near the border of R17W and T35/T36N at 5800ft. AAS Not much to go on for this record, the UTM seems fine w
1768 meters
5800 ft, 1768 m
Pinon-juniper.
Flr
Opuntia polyacantha Haw., det. Bruce D. Parfitt 1991. Original ID as Opuntia rutila Nutt.? (Fls. clear magenta; pads plump, oval-elliptic in x-sec) (fruit globose).
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