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Opuntia santa-rita
Blue Prickly Pear
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Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson
ID: 0000 0000 1218 2411 (2018-12-22)Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson
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date of photo Apr 24, 2016
latitude 34.12530 longitude 112.95330
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location
US 93, exit 179, 0.2 mi. northwest of intersection with State Highway AZ 71, ca. 7 miles southwest of Congress, 17 miles northwest of Wickenberg (Yavapai County, New Mexico, US)family
Cactaceae
plant community Sonoran Desert succulent scrub at 2350' (716m)notes glaucous, bluish padded, weakly spined succulent on flat basin plain in reddish silty/sandy volcanic soil. Confusingly muddled taxonomic choices have been presented by various authors including O. chloritica var. santa-rita (Ferguson 1988). More recently others have elevated similar plants to species as O. santa-rita. This west-central AZ population appears to be well outside stated southeastern range for the latter and lacks any visible purple coloration. ID is without confidence!keywords: SON, Sonoran Desert
contributor's ID # SON 1812 photo category: Plant - shrub
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Blue Prickly Pear, Santa Rita Prickly Pear (photographer)
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