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|accepted_name=Sclerocactus blainei
|accepted_authority=S. L. Welsh & K. H. Thorne
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Great Basin Naturalist
|place=45: 553, fig. 1. 1985
|year=1985
}}
|common_names=Blaine fishhook cactus
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pediocactus spinosior var. schlesseri
|authority=(K. D. Heil & S. L. Welsh) Halda
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sclerocactus schlesseri
|authority=K. D. Heil & S. L. Welsh
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sclerocactus spinosior subsp. blainei
|authority=(S. L. Welsh & K. H. Thorne) Hochstätter
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Sclerocactus;Sclerocactus blainei
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sclerocactus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sclerocactus blainei]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 204
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>0–3-branched, green to dark green, ovoid or cylindric (sometimes narrowly so), 3–15 × 2–8 cm; ribs (6–)13(–14), tubercles prominent on ribs. <b>Spines</b> dense but not obscuring stems; radial spines 6–12(–16) per areole, spreading, white, 3–18 × 0.3–1.2 mm, pubescent; central spines (1–)3–6(–7) per areole, terete to angled, pubescent in young and early reproductive plants; abaxial central spines 1–3 per areole, tan to brown, reddish, or black, irregularly- or strongly-hooked, 20–55 mm; lateral spines (0–)2(–4) per areole, white, tan, red, or reddish brown, usually hooked, sometimes flattened and ribbonlike, 10–40 mm; adaxial spine 1 per areole, tipped white or dark, flattened and ribbonlike, (5–)35–60(–70) × 1.5–2.5(–3.5) mm. <b>Flowers</b> funnelform to campanulate, 2–4 × 1.5–3 cm; outer tepals with reddish brown midstripes and violet-pink or reddish purple margins, usually oblanceolate, 15–20 × 6–10 mm, margins irregularly toothed, apex mucronate; inner tepals lavender to reddish purple, oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 15–20 × 4–6 mm, apex minutely toothed; filaments red-violet or pink; anthers yellow; styles minutely and sparsely papillate. <b>Fruits</b> dehiscent along 2–4 vertical slits, green to pink or pale red, barrel-shaped, 9–15 × 8–13 mm, dry; scales few, membranous, slightly scarious-margined. <b>Seeds</b> black, 2–2.5 × 3–4 mm; testa with rounded papillae.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late Apr–May.
|habitat=Igneous or calcareous gravels, galleta grasslands, greasewood, sagebrush, or shadscale flats
|elevation=1500-1800 m
|distribution=Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Sclerocactus blainei</i> is an unusual species of <i>Sclerocactus</i>, sometimes possessing long ribbonlike spines reminiscent of <i>S. papyracanthus</i>. <i>Sclerocactus blainei</i> differs from other sclerocacti in its range (e.g., <i>S. pubispinus</i> and <i>S. spinosior</i>) in that the flowers are slightly larger and the adaxial central spine is longer than either <i>S. pubispinus</i> or <i>S. spinosior</i>. The central spine number varies, and the number of hooked spines may be as many as six, which is characteristic of <i>S. polyancistrus</i>.</p>
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name=Sclerocactus blainei
|author=
|authority=S. L. Welsh & K. H. Thorne
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Pediocactus spinosior var. schlesseri;Sclerocactus schlesseri;Sclerocactus spinosior subsp. blainei
|basionyms=
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering late Apr–May.
|habitat=Igneous or calcareous gravels, galleta grasslands, greasewood, sagebrush, or shadscale flats
|elevation=1500-1800 m
|distribution=Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Great Basin Naturalist
|publication year=1985
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Sclerocactus
|species=Sclerocactus blainei
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