SD - SD Herbarium, San Diego Natural History Museum (SD)
SD00017721
000C8FCA-87A8-4069-8A3C-126A697AE726
SD239669
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz
Cactaceae
T.B. Salvata
74
2000-05-04
05/04/2000
A.C. Sanders
United States, California, San Bernardino, Cajon Pass: ca 0.5 mi S of Bluecut & ca 0.5 mil NW of Keenbrook at powerline crossiing of Cajon Creek. (Cajon 7.5'Q)
34.25611 -117.46611 WGS84
n/a
770 meters (2526ft)
Wash & slopes W of old Hwy 395, sand & granite rubble.
Natural vegetation chaparral & open scrub. Partially disturbeed by junk storage and illegal dump.
Solitary 30 cm high succulent on dry, rocky sandbar in wash; flowers magenta. Dense, rounded clump with numerous pads, all small.