Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU:Plants)
ASU0294824
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Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelmann) F. M. Knuth
CACTACEAE
M.A. Baker
16688.3
2008-03-24
USA, CALIFORNIA, San Bernardino, 1.3km ESE of Goffs, north end of Piute Mountains, 40km WNW of Needles
34.91 -115.04
810 meters
0810m (2655ft) elevation
Ambrosia dumosa scrub on granitic hills with Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, C. echinocarpa, C. ramosissima, Dasyochloa pulchellum, Echinocactus polycephalus, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Eriogonum inflatum, Krameria erecta, Larrea tridentata, Opuntia basilaris, Pleuraphis rigida, Porophyllum gracile, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Stephanomeria pauciflora, Viguiera parishii, Xylorhiza tortifolia, and Yucca schidigera.
Common and often abundant shrub; n=11 during meiosis of microgametogenesis from individual transplanted to outside garden, Chino Valley, Arizona; fruits photographed 17 September 2009.