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Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus
Niggerheads

Photographer: Charles Webber
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 8120 3181 4573 0120 (1998-12-02)

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date of photo Apr 1, 1958

location Death Valley National Monument (Inyo County, California, US)

family Cactaceae

CalAcademy slide # T 7023

photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT

common names Niggerheads, Cottontop Cactus (CF, ITIS )

Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)

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Reviewed by CalPhotos Staff pre-2001

Action: updated the name from "Echinocactus polycephalus" to "Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus "

Reviewer's comments:

"CalFlora name: Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J. Bigelow var. polycephalus"

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