UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0111918
UCR-BPS-217283
UCR-217283
Opuntia oricola Philbrick
Cactaceae
Mark A. Elvin
2234
2003-01-26
2003-1-26
United States, California, Orange, Irvine, UC Irvine Open Space Preserve, NE side, between core of UCI campus (E Peltason Dr.) and Hwy 73
33.63972 -117.84528
46 meters (151ft)
Hilly, NW-facing drainages on hill; volcanic and sandstone outcrops; coastal sage scrub with Artemisia californica, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Opuntia littoralis, etc.
Flowering
Common, several large patches, c. 1 m tall and 5 m broad; fls. yellow.