Difference between revisions of "Sclerocactus blainei"

S. L. Welsh & K. H. Thorne

Great Basin Naturalist 45: 553, fig. 1. 1985.

Common names: Blaine fishhook cactus
Synonyms: Pediocactus spinosior var. schlesseri (K. D. Heil & S. L. Welsh) HaldaSclerocactus schlesseri K. D. Heil & S. L. WelshSclerocactus spinosior subsp. blainei (S. L. Welsh & K. H. Thorne) Hochstätter
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 204.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem architecture;stem coloration;stem coloration;stem coloration;stem shape;stem shape;stem length;stem width"><b>Stems </b>0–3-branched, green to dark green, ovoid or cylindric (sometimes narrowly so), 3–15 × 2–8 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rib atypical count;rib atypical count;rib count;tubercle prominence">ribs (6–) 13 (–14), tubercles prominent on ribs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="spine density"><b>Spines </b>dense but not obscuring stems;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="spine arrangement;spine atypical count;spine count;spine orientation;spine coloration;spine length;spine width;spine pubescence">radial spines 6–12 (–16) per areole, spreading, white, 3–18 × 0.3–1.2 mm, pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="central spine atypical count;central spine atypical count;central spine count;central spine shape;central spine shape;central spine shape;central spine pubescence;reproductive plant life cycle">central spines (1–) 3–6 (–7) per areole, terete to angled, pubescent in young and early reproductive plants;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="abaxial central spine count;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine coloration;abaxial central spine some measurement">abaxial central spines 1–3 per areole, tan to brown, reddish, or black, irregularly or strongly-hooked, 20–55 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="lateral spine atypical count;lateral spine atypical count;lateral spine count;lateral spine coloration;lateral spine coloration;lateral spine coloration;lateral spine coloration;lateral spine coloration;lateral spine coloration;lateral spine shape;lateral spine shape;lateral spine architecture or shape;lateral spine some measurement">lateral spines (0–) 2 (–4) per areole, white, tan, red, or reddish-brown, usually hooked, sometimes flattened and ribbonlike, 10–40 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="adaxial spine count;adaxial spine coloration;adaxial spine coloration;adaxial spine shape;adaxial spine architecture or shape;adaxial spine atypical length;adaxial spine atypical length;adaxial spine length;adaxial spine atypical width;adaxial spine width">adaxial spine 1 per areole, tipped white or dark, flattened and ribbonlike, (5–) 35–60 (–70) × 1.5–2.5 (–3.5) mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower shape;flower shape;flower shape;flower length;flower width"><b>Flowers </b>funnelform to campanulate, 2–4 × 1.5–3 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="outer tepal coloration;outer tepal coloration;outer tepal shape;outer tepal length;outer tepal width;midstripe coloration;margin shape;apex shape">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;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal shape;inner tepal shape;inner tepal shape;inner tepal length;inner tepal width;apex shape">inner tepals lavender to reddish purple, oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 15–20 × 4–6 mm, apex minutely toothed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament coloration;filament coloration">filaments red-violet or pink;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther coloration">anthers yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style relief">styles minutely and sparsely papillate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="fruit dehiscence;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit shape;fruit length;fruit width;fruit condition or texture;slit count;slit orientation"><b>Fruits </b>dehiscent along 2–4 vertical slits, green to pink or pale-red, barrel-shaped, 9–15 × 8–13 mm, dry;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="scale count;scale texture;scale architecture">scales few, membranous, slightly scarious-margined.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed coloration;seed length;seed width"><b>Seeds </b>black, 2–2.5 × 3–4 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="papilla shape">testa with rounded papillae.</span><!--
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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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|habitat=Igneous or calcareous gravels, galleta grasslands, greasewood, sagebrush, or shadscale flats
 
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|elevation=1500-1800 m
 
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|family=Cactaceae
 
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|phenology=Flowering late Apr–May.
 
|habitat=Igneous or calcareous gravels, galleta grasslands, greasewood, sagebrush, or shadscale flats
 
|habitat=Igneous or calcareous gravels, galleta grasslands, greasewood, sagebrush, or shadscale flats
 
|elevation=1500-1800 m
 
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
 
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|species=Sclerocactus blainei
 
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|abaxial central spine count=1;3
 
|abaxial central spine some measurement=20mm;55mm
 
|adaxial spine architecture or shape=ribbonlike
 
|adaxial spine atypical length=60mm;70mm
 
|adaxial spine atypical width=2.5mm;3.5mm
 
|adaxial spine coloration=dark;tipped white
 
|adaxial spine count=1
 
|adaxial spine length=35mm;60mm
 
|adaxial spine shape=flattened
 
|adaxial spine width=1.5mm;2.5mm
 
|anther coloration=yellow
 
|apex shape=toothed;mucronate
 
|central spine atypical count=6;7
 
|central spine count=3;6
 
|central spine pubescence=pubescent
 
|central spine shape=terete;angled
 
|filament coloration=pink;red-violet
 
|flower length=2cm;4cm
 
|flower shape=funnelform;campanulate
 
|flower width=1.5cm;3cm
 
|fruit coloration=green;pink or pale-red
 
|fruit condition or texture=dry
 
|fruit dehiscence=dehiscent
 
|fruit length=9mm;15mm
 
|fruit shape=barrel-shaped
 
|fruit width=8mm;13mm
 
|inner tepal coloration=lavender;reddish purple
 
|inner tepal length=15mm;20mm
 
|inner tepal shape=oblanceolate;narrowly oblanceolate
 
|inner tepal width=4mm;6mm
 
|lateral spine architecture or shape=ribbonlike
 
|lateral spine atypical count=2;4
 
|lateral spine coloration=reddish-brown;red;reddish-brown;red;tan;white
 
|lateral spine count=2
 
|lateral spine shape=flattened;hooked
 
|lateral spine some measurement=10mm;40mm
 
|margin shape=toothed
 
|midstripe coloration=reddish-brown
 
|outer tepal coloration=reddish purple;violet-pink
 
|outer tepal length=15mm;20mm
 
|outer tepal shape=oblanceolate
 
|outer tepal width=6mm;10mm
 
|papilla shape=rounded
 
|reproductive plant life cycle=young
 
|rib atypical count=13;14
 
|rib count=13
 
|scale architecture=scarious-margined
 
|scale count=few
 
|scale texture=membranous
 
|seed coloration=black
 
|seed length=2mm;2.5mm
 
|seed width=3mm;4mm
 
|slit count=2;4
 
|slit orientation=vertical
 
|spine arrangement=radial
 
|spine atypical count=12;16
 
|spine coloration=white
 
|spine count=6;12
 
|spine density=dense
 
|spine length=3mm;18mm
 
|spine orientation=spreading
 
|spine pubescence=pubescent
 
|spine width=0.3mm;1.2mm
 
|stem architecture=0-3-branched
 
|stem coloration=green;dark green
 
|stem length=3cm;15cm
 
|stem shape=cylindric;ovoid
 
|stem width=2cm;8cm
 
|style relief=papillate
 
|tubercle prominence=prominent
 
 
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Revision as of 15:08, 27 July 2019

Stems 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. Spines 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. Flowers 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. Fruits 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. Seeds black, 2–2.5 × 3–4 mm; testa with rounded papillae.


Phenology: Flowering late Apr–May.
Habitat: Igneous or calcareous gravels, galleta grasslands, greasewood, sagebrush, or shadscale flats
Elevation: 1500-1800 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Sclerocactus blainei is an unusual species of Sclerocactus, sometimes possessing long ribbonlike spines reminiscent of S. papyracanthus. Sclerocactus blainei differs from other sclerocacti in its range (e.g., S. pubispinus and S. spinosior) in that the flowers are slightly larger and the adaxial central spine is longer than either S. pubispinus or S. spinosior. The central spine number varies, and the number of hooked spines may be as many as six, which is characteristic of S. polyancistrus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Sclerocactus blainei"
Kenneth D. Heil +  and J. Mark Porter +
S. L. Welsh & K. H. Thorne +
Blaine fishhook cactus +
Nev. +  and Utah. +
1500-1800 m +
Igneous or calcareous gravels, galleta grasslands, greasewood, sagebrush, or shadscale flats +
Flowering late Apr–May. +
Great Basin Naturalist +
Pediocactus spinosior var. schlesseri +, Sclerocactus schlesseri +  and Sclerocactus spinosior subsp. blainei +
Sclerocactus blainei +
Sclerocactus +
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