SD - SD Herbarium, San Diego Natural History Museum (SD)
SD00017720
B9BA40CC-3047-418E-A2E8-0362E29DA1AE
SD234864
Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
Cactaceae
A.C. Sanders
25857
2003-04-05
04/05/2003
M. Elvin
United States, California, San Bernardino, Mojave Desert: UC Burns Pinyon Ridge Reserve, off Skyline Ranch Rd. ca. 2 miles (air) ESE of Pioneertown, 1.5 mi. (air) NW of Yucca Valley, between front gate and reserve headquarters at old Burns home.
34.14917 -116.45583 WGS84
n/a
1250 meters (4100ft)
Flats and bouldery granitic hills, decomposed granite soil.
Pinyon-juniper woodland with Juniperus, Pinus monophylla, Quercus cornelius-mulleri, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Yucca schidigera, etc.
Uncommon succulent in.shrubin. in rocky areas; fls. purple. Most plants only in bud, but ca. 12 with flowers. Plants usually 2 pads high.