View source for Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina

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|accepted_name=Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) B. D. Parfitt
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|place=70: 188. 1998
|year=1998
}}
|common_names=Porcupine pricklypear
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Opuntia hystricina
|authority=Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=3: 299. 1856
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia erinacea var. hystricina
|authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) L. D. Benson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia erinacea var. rhodantha
|authority=(K. Schumann) L. D. Be nson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia erinacea var. xanthostemma
|authority=(K. Schumann) L. D. Benson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia rhodantha
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia xanthostemma
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae;Opuntia;Opuntia polyacantha;Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
|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. hystricina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 147
|treatment_page=page 148
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stem </b>segments obovate, 8–10 × 5–8 cm; areoles (6–)8–10 per diagonal row across midstem segment, 10–17 mm apart. <b>Spines</b> in most areoles, grading in size and orientation; longer spines (1–)2–6 per areole, slightly descending porrect, ascending near apex, (yellow-gray to) brown to black, (40–)50–80 mm; smaller spines 4–6 per areole, reflexed, gray-white. <b>Fruits</b> stout; areoles 11–21, bearing 4–8 spines, 4–18 mm. <b>2n</b> = 44, 66.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, clay or limestone soils
|elevation=1300-1900(-2400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
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name=Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
|author=
|authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) B. D. Parfitt
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Opuntia erinacea var. hystricina;Opuntia erinacea var. rhodantha;Opuntia erinacea var. xanthostemma;Opuntia rhodantha;Opuntia xanthostemma
|basionyms=Opuntia hystricina
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, clay or limestone soils
|elevation=1300-1900(-2400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|publication year=1998
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
|genus=Opuntia
|species=Opuntia polyacantha
|variety=Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
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