UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0111917
UCR-BPS-229098
UCR-229098
Opuntia oricola Philbrick
Cactaceae
T.B. Salvato
5128
2010-10-27
2010-10-27
United States, California, Orange, Dana Point Headlands, Harbor Point Park, south of Scenic Dr. and Cove Rd., beyond the end of Green Lantern St., overlooking Dana Point Harbor
33.46083 -117.70972
52 meters (171ft)
Top of steep south-facing coastal bluffs, sandy and clay soils; coastal sage scrub, with Artemisia californica, Encelia californica, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Rhus integrifolia, Euphorbia misera, and escaped exotics.
Fruiting
Scarce, perennial with succulent stems, 2 seen; 1.5 mtall; on upper reaches of gentle slope with Rhus integrifolia and Heteromeles arbutifolia.