Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU)
ASU0058444
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259913
Opuntia robusta Wendl.
Cactaceae
Joe LaFerriere
1118
1988-04-18
1988-4-18
Mexico, Chihuahua, Sierra Madre Occidental. Mpio. de Temosachic. Nabogame, 20 miles west of Yepachic.
28.5 -108.5
28d 30m N, 108d 30m W
1800 meters (5904ft)
Growing in a field in pine-oak woodland.
Grown in cultivation at the Desert Botanical Garden. Collected by Ed Turcotte and Carol Khazai on 3 March 1999.; Plant height 1.5 m; pads blue-green when mature, purplish when young; flowering in April and May. Healthy plant with upright growth and very large pads, height 56 in, pads greenish-blue, mature pads woody; spines yellow.