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
1489
1970-09-06
06 September 1970
United States, Colorado, Dolores, 7 miles south east of Dove Creek, on the bluffs at Alkali Creek.
37.6723807 -108.8566683 +-1000m. WGS84
I plotted the UTM 7 miles southeast of Dove Creek along the Alkali Canyon. RA
1981 meters
6500 ft, 1981 m
Veg
O. Heacockii G. K. Arp, cited by Arp, Sida 10: 207-210. 1984. (Handwritten note says not cited). / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha, det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. Originally identified as Opuntia polyacantha Haw. These plants represent members of a root sprouting population which abounds in the area.
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