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Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis
Gerald and Buff Corsi© 2000 California Academy of Sciences
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Opuntia erinacea  Engelm. & J. Bigelow  var. utahensis  (Engelm.) L. Benson
Utah grizzlybear pricklypear, Utah prickly pear
Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis, a dicot, is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California.
Elevation: between 6562 and 9186 feet
Family: CACTACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Opuntia found in California.
See the more inclusive parent record Opuntia erinacea.
Name Status:
Accepted by JM93
TJM2: accepted name: Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
PLANTS: accepted name: Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha
  
 NOTE: Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis is not an active name in the Calflora species table.




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (OPPOP)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Jun 18, 2013).

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