View source for Pediocactus paradinei

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|accepted_name=Pediocactus paradinei
|accepted_authority=B. W. Benson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|place=29: 136, figs 83, 84. 1957
|year=1957
}}
|common_names=Houserock cactus;park hedgehog cactus
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pediocactus simpsonii var. paradinei
|authority=(B. W. Benson) Halda
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pilocanthus paradinei
|authority=(B. W. Benson) B. W. Benson & Backeberg
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Pediocactus;Pediocactus paradinei
|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>[[Pediocactus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pediocactus paradinei]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 214
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>unbranched. <b>Stems</b> subglobose to globose, 3–7.5 × 2.5–5.5(–8) cm; areoles circular to oval, villous. <b>Spines</b> smooth, thin and flexible, sometimes distinguishable as radial and central; radial spines 13–22 per areole, straight or curving irregularly, white, 20–25 × 0.2–0.3 mm; central spines 3–6 per areole, dense in mature plants, white to pale gray, straight, flexible, hairlike, 8–35 × 0.3 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 1.5–2.2 × 1.9–2.5 cm; scales and outer tepals minutely toothed or denticulate or entire and undulate; outer tepals brown midstripes with pale or white margins, oblanceolate, 8–20 × 3–6 mm; inner tepals light yellow to pink, oblanceolate, 15–20 × 4–6 mm. <b>Fruits</b> greenish yellow maturing to reddish brown, cylindric, 7–10 × 5–8 mm. <b>Seeds</b> black, 2.5 × 2 mm, papillate but not rugose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Gravelly limestone soils of pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, and grama grass communities
|elevation=1500-2100 m
|distribution=Ariz.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Pediocactus paradinei</i> is endemic to the Kaibab Plateau region of northern Arizona.</p>
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name=Pediocactus paradinei
|author=
|authority=B. W. Benson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Pediocactus simpsonii var. paradinei;Pilocanthus paradinei
|basionyms=
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Gravelly limestone soils of pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, and grama grass communities
|elevation=1500-2100 m
|distribution=Ariz.
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|publication year=1957
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Pediocactus
|species=Pediocactus paradinei
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