University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmann
CACTACEAE
W. A. Weber
3920
1948-06-15
15 June 1948
United States, Colorado, Boulder, Near a spring cutting across Niobrara shales 7 mi N of Boulder.
40.1195364 -105.2705511 +-5000m. WGS84
I plotted the UTM 7.2 miles north of Boulder at a feed of Crocker Ditch. RA
Near a spring, Niobrara shales.
Flr
O. phaeacantha Engelm.!, det. W.A. Weber, no date. / Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm, det. Lyman Benson, 1968. / Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. phaeacantha, det. G.K. Arp, 1972. Original ID as Opuntia rafinesquii. Very robust plants, approaching the dimensions of O. phaeacantha, but probably large because of proximity to a spring. Dupe of Accn. # 13439.
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