UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0111760
UCR-BPS-188692
UCR-188692
Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow
Cactaceae
T.B. Salvato
1729
2006-05-30
2006-5-30
Sandra Murcia
United States, California, Inyo, Coso Range south of McCloud Flat, 5 mi due east of Dunmovin and 5 mi NE of Coso Junction
36.1 -117.86667
1393 meters (4569ft)
Slopes of pumice and scattered granite boulders ranging from gentle to steep. Creosote bush scrub with elements of Joshua Tree woodland and Shadscale scrub. Dominants include Larrea tridentata, Yucca brevifolia, Atriplex polycarpa, A. confertifolia, Hymenoclea salsola, and Eriogonum inflatum.
Flowering & Fruiting
Scarce, 0.5 m tall perennial on a flat ridgetop, flowers magernta