Opuntia basilaris var. longiareolata (Clover & Jotter) L. Benson
Cactaceae
Rosemary Trelease
2009-03-17
Nancy Foisy, Gay Christensen-Dean
USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Maricopa County: Grown in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, N 33 deg 27' 33'', W 111 deg 56' 35'', 1200 ft., 366 m; accession number 1993 0459 0101; originally received as pads collected by Wendy C. Hodgson s. n., 15 March 1993, from Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, Phantom Ranch, on west side of Phantom Creek ca 1/3 mile south of the junction with Haunted Canyon, on flats, at, or barely above, the creek, 36 deg 08' 24'' N, 112 deg 7' 9'' W, elevation 3780 ft; collector's notes: associated plants: Artemisia ludoviciana, Aloysia wrightii, Encelia farinosa, Baccharis salicifolia, Mimosa biuncifera, Yucca baccata, Mirabilis bigelovii, Dyssodia porophyllum, Porophyllum gracile, Rhus trilobata, Opuntia engelmannii, Agave utahensis, Panicum, Isocoma, Bothriochloa, Populus, Acourtia, Typha, Fallugia, Equisetum, Dyssodia.
36.14 -112.118889
36d 8m 24s N; 112d 7m 8s W
1152 meters
- 3780ft.
Flowers collected mid-morning, flower diameter 61-74 mm, length 64-72 mm, outer perianth brilliant pink with greenish midstripe, inner perianth brilliant pink; stigma lobe number 6-7, color creamy yellow; pads pale green with rosy color on edges, pads are paddle-shape and each grows out of the ground, not attached to any other pad; spineless; fruit dry, golden brown to gray-brown and shriveled, diameter 9-12 mm, length 16-23 mm; seeds 1-4 per fruit, 6.5-7.5mm.
flowers & fruit
Sheet I/II. Sheet II/II has fruit and pads and is DES 62960; Cultivated or Captive