Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.

KLICKITAT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
U.S.A.
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Cactaceae
Adventive plants 1-2 m wide; pads
avocado green unless stressed, then blue-
green; major spines 30-40 mm, dark red
and gray, spreading to reflexed, petals 30-
40 mm, bright to dull yellow, all dull
orange at base, anthers and filaments
yellow, stigma green, style pale yellow;
about 40 plants naturalized on dry rocky
slopes above and below railroad, full sun,
over basalt, with Bromus tectorum,
Amsinckia, Eriogonum, Sisymbrium,
Secale cereale, Avery Park, on N shore of
Lake Celilo, Columbia River, 0.7 air km
NNE of Browns Island, elev. 53 m,
45.663° N, 121.036° W, WGS84 GPS,
U. S. Army Corps Columbia River Plant
Survey
YO*£
botanical
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
2 June 2019 Coll. Peter F. Zika 29534
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