Pediocactus peeblesianus subsp. peeblesianus
Common names: Peebles Navajo cactus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 213.
Plants unbranched. Stems 2–4 × 1.5–4.5 cm. Spines all radial, (3–) 4 (–5) per areole, curved upward toward apex of plant, 3–8 × 1 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Great Basin desert scrub, desert grasslands, gravelly soils
Elevation: 1500-1700 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"thin" is not a number. "broad" is not a number.
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cushionlike +
arillate +
absent +
separate +
circular +
flowering +
absent +
lanulose +
woodlike +
hardened +
surrounding +
leaflike +
absent +
triangular +
needlelike +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
sessile +
symmetric +
proliferating +
arising +
Peebles Navajo cactus +
mucilaginous +
thick +
Ariz. +
not separating +
intact +
deciduous +
sessile +
symmetric +
arranged +
diurnal +
bisexual +
adnate +
epigynous +
conspicuous +
walled +
berrylike +
reddish-brown;green +
drying +
dehiscent +
turbinate +
absent +
dense +
lanceolate +
3mm;7mm +
sessile +
alternate +
absent +
rudimentary +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
brown-purple +
apparent +
sepal-like +
2mm;4.5mm +
spineless +
true +
surrounding +
sunken +
scaleless +
few +
epigynous +
compound +
mucilaginous +
parietal +
3;14 +
separated +
flowering +
coalescent +
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) +
1962 +
scant +
vertical +
3;2;2;30 +
minute +
branching +
diffuse +
leaflike +
maturity +
absent +
scaleless +
few +
small +
0.4mm;12mm +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
1;3000 +
shiny +
pyriform;obovoid +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
detachable +
bristlelike +
ribbonlike +
radial +
curved +
pliable +
central +
absent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
50;1500 +
decurrent +
unsegmented +
gray-green +
succulent +
1.5cm;4.5cm +
absent +
tuberculate +
woody +
vertical +
adventitous +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
Pediocactus peeblesianus subsp. peeblesianus +
Pediocactus peeblesianus +
subspecies +
5;50 +
convex +
not confluent +
distinct +
absent +
unbranched +
perennial +
epiphytic;epiphytic;epiphytic +
deep-seated +