View source for Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha

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|accepted_name=Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha
|accepted_authority=unknown
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|name=Opuntia heacockiae
|authority=G. Arp
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|name=Opuntia juniper
|authority=ina Britton & Rose
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|name=Opuntia polyacantha var. juniperina
|authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) L. D. Benson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia polyacantha var. rufispina
|authority=(Engelmann) J. M. Coulter
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|name=Opuntia polyacantha var. trichophora
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia trichophora
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae;Opuntia;Opuntia polyacantha;Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Opuntia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Opuntia polyacantha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 144
|treatment_page=page 147
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stem </b>segments broadly obovate to circular, (4–)8.5–12 × (4–)5.5–11 cm; areoles 6–11 per diagonal row across midstem segment, 6–13 mm apart. <b>Spines</b> in most areoles, of 2 kinds: major spines (0–)1–3(–5) per areole, ± deflexed to reflexed or porrect at stem segment apex, yellow-brown to gray, 20–35(–40) mm; minor spines 0–5 per areole, deflexed, white, 5–10(–16) mm, sometimes spines of basal and near basal areoles are long, flexible, curling. <b>Fruits</b> stout; areoles 12–28, most bearing (4–)6–15 spines, 5–10 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22, 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, clay, sandy or gravelly soils
|elevation=500-2000(-2800) m
|distribution=Alta.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>The morphotype, usually called <i>Opuntia</i> trichophora, has additional, curly, hairlike spines from areoles on older stem segments, but these plants occur sporadically throughout the range of <i>O. polyacantha </i>var.<i> polyacantha</i> from New Mexico to Wyoming.</p>
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name=Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha
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|authority=unknown
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Opuntia heacockiae;Opuntia juniper;Opuntia polyacantha var. juniperina;Opuntia polyacantha var. rufispina;Opuntia polyacantha var. trichophora;Opuntia trichophora
|basionyms=
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, clay, sandy or gravelly soils
|elevation=500-2000(-2800) m
|distribution=Alta.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
|genus=Opuntia
|species=Opuntia polyacantha
|variety=Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha
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