Difference between revisions of "Opuntia basilaris"

Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298. 1856.

Common names: Beavertail pricklypear
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 144. Mentioned on page 143.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub atypical count;shrub count;segment height;segment some measurement"><b>Shrubs,</b> forming clumps, 1–2 (–3) segments tall, to 7–40 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem segment architecture;stem segment coloration;stem segment coloration;stem segment coloration;stem segment coloration;stem segment shape;stem segment shape;stem segment shape;stem segment shape;stem segment shape;stem segment width;stem segment atypical length;stem segment length;stem segment atypical width;stem segment width;stem segment architecture or pubescence or relief;stem segment relief;stem segment pubescence"><b>Stem </b>segments not disarticulating, blue to yellow-green, sometimes tinged maroon-purple, flattened, spatulate to broadly obovate or subcircular, thick, 5–22 (–35) × 2–13.5 (–16) cm, nearly smooth, papillose to puberulent (rarely glabrous);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="areole atypical count;areole count;areole arrangement or shape;areole arrangement or shape;areole arrangement or shape;areole length;areole width">areoles 4–16 (–19) per diagonal row across midstem segment, circular to elliptic, 3–5 × 3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration;wool life cycle;wool coloration">wool white to tan, aging gray.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="spine atypical count;spine count;areole orientation;areole coloration;areole course;areole shape;areole some measurement"><b>Spines </b>0 (–8) per areole, when present, usually in distal areoles, spreading, yellow, straight, acicular, 5–25 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="glochid count;glochid coloration;glochid coloration;glochid coloration;glochid coloration;glochid some measurement"><b>Glochids </b>numerous, nearly filling areoles, yellow to redbrown or dark-brown, to 3 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> inner tepals pink to magenta throughout (rarely white), 25–40 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament coloration">filaments red-magenta (rarely pale);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther coloration">anthers yellowish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="style coloration;style coloration;style coloration">style white to pink;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma lobe coloration;stigma lobe coloration;stigma lobe coloration">stigma lobes white to cream.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit life cycle;fruit coloration;fruit length;fruit width;fruit condition or texture;fruit pubescence;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>maturing tan, 20–40 × 15–23 mm, dry at maturity, puberulent, spineless (except in var. treleasei);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="umbilicus some measurement;umbilicus depth">umbilicus 5–12 mm deep;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="areole count">areoles 24–76.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed coloration;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed shape;seed arrangement or shape;seed width;seed length;seed width;side architecture or pubescence or relief;side architecture or pubescence or relief"><b>Seeds </b>yellowish to tan, ± subspheric but angular, thick, 6.5–9 × 6.5–7 mm, sides smooth or bearing 1–3 depressions;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="girdle prominence">girdle protruding to 1 mm.</span><!--
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> forming clumps, 1–2(–3) segments tall, to 7–40 cm. <b>Stem</b> segments not disarticulating, blue- to yellow-green, sometimes tinged maroon-purple, flattened, spatulate to broadly obovate or subcircular, thick, 5–22(–35) × 2–13.5(–16) cm, nearly smooth, papillose to puberulent (rarely glabrous); areoles 4–16(–19) per diagonal row across midstem segment, circular to elliptic, 3–5 × 3 mm; wool white to tan, aging gray. <b>Spines</b> 0(–8) per areole, when present, usually in distal areoles, spreading, yellow, straight, acicular, 5–25 mm. <b>Glochids</b> numerous, nearly filling areoles, yellow to red-brown or dark brown, to 3 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals pink to magenta throughout (rarely white), 25–40 mm; filaments red-magenta (rarely pale); anthers yellowish; style white to pink; stigma lobes white to cream. <b>Fruits</b> maturing tan, 20–40 × 15–23 mm, dry at maturity, puberulent, spineless (except in var. treleasei); umbilicus 5–12 mm deep; areoles 24–76. <b>Seeds</b> yellowish to tan, ± subspheric but angular, thick, 6.5–9 × 6.5–7 mm, sides smooth or bearing 1–3 depressions; girdle protruding to 1 mm.</span><!--
  
 
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|filament coloration=red-magenta
 
|fruit architecture=spineless
 
|fruit coloration=tan
 
|fruit condition or texture=dry
 
|fruit length=20mm;40mm
 
|fruit life cycle=maturing
 
|fruit pubescence=puberulent
 
|fruit width=15mm;23mm
 
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|glochid coloration=yellow;redbrown or dark-brown
 
|glochid count=numerous
 
|glochid some measurement=0mm;3mm
 
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|seed width=6.5mm;7mm
 
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|segment some measurement=7cm;40cm
 
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|stem segment architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
 
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|stem segment atypical width=13.5cm;16cm
 
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|stem segment length=5cm;22cm
 
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|stem segment shape=spatulate;broadly obovate or subcircular
 
|stem segment width=2cm;13.5cm
 
|stigma lobe coloration=white;cream
 
|style coloration=white;pink
 
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Revision as of 15:03, 27 July 2019

Shrubs, forming clumps, 1–2(–3) segments tall, to 7–40 cm. Stem segments not disarticulating, blue- to yellow-green, sometimes tinged maroon-purple, flattened, spatulate to broadly obovate or subcircular, thick, 5–22(–35) × 2–13.5(–16) cm, nearly smooth, papillose to puberulent (rarely glabrous); areoles 4–16(–19) per diagonal row across midstem segment, circular to elliptic, 3–5 × 3 mm; wool white to tan, aging gray. Spines 0(–8) per areole, when present, usually in distal areoles, spreading, yellow, straight, acicular, 5–25 mm. Glochids numerous, nearly filling areoles, yellow to red-brown or dark brown, to 3 mm. Flowers: inner tepals pink to magenta throughout (rarely white), 25–40 mm; filaments red-magenta (rarely pale); anthers yellowish; style white to pink; stigma lobes white to cream. Fruits maturing tan, 20–40 × 15–23 mm, dry at maturity, puberulent, spineless (except in var. treleasei); umbilicus 5–12 mm deep; areoles 24–76. Seeds yellowish to tan, ± subspheric but angular, thick, 6.5–9 × 6.5–7 mm, sides smooth or bearing 1–3 depressions; girdle protruding to 1 mm.

Discussion

Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Stem segments bearing spines in at least several of distal areoles Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei
1 Stem segments essentially spineless (rarely 1-few per stem segment) > 2
2 Stem segments broadly obovoid to subcircular, erect; areoles (8-)10-16(-19) per diagonal row across midstem segment Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
2 Stem segments spatulate to elongate, oblong, usually decumbent; areoles 4-8(-9) per diagonal row across midstem segment > 3
3 Stem segments spatulate, apex rounded; areoles 4-8(-9) per diagonal row across midstem segment; Arizona, Utah. Opuntia basilaris var. longiareolata
3 Stem segments oblong to narrowly spatulate to subcylindric, apex truncate to rounded; areoles 4-6(-7) per diagonal row across midstem segment; California Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclad