UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0111802
UCR-BPS-230921
UCR-230921
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz
Cactaceae
T.B. Salvato
074
2000-05-04
2000-5-4
A.C. Sanders
United States, California, San Bernardino, c. 0.5 mi south of Bluecut and c. 0.5 mile NW of Keenbrook at powerline crossing of Cajon Creek; Cajon Pass
34.256 -117.466
T2N R6W sec13
762 meters (2499ft)
Wash & slopes W of old Hwy 395, sand & granite rubble. Partially disturbed by junk storage and illegal dump. Natural vegetation chaparral & open scrub.
Flowering
Solitary 30 cm high succulent on dry, rocky sandbar in wash; fls. magenta. Dense, rounded clump with numerous pads, all small.