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cushionlike +
confluent +  and spaced +
circular to linear +
deciduous +  and persistent +
nearly circular +  and oblong +
Allan D. Zimmerman +  and Bruce D. Parfitt +
Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow +
hardened +
triangular +
2 +  and 50 +
hemispheric +  and hexagonally faceted +
straight +  and curved +
ridged +, flattened +  and terete +
proliferating +
flattened +  and cylindric +
not mucilaginous +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
[10-]30-1700 m +
not separating +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> (5.8 cm58 mm <br />0.058 m <br />) +
salverform +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
whitish tan;pinkish +
persistent +, long +  and deciduous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
dry +, fleshy +  and juicy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Rocky flats and washes, bajadas, rock ledges, Mojave and Sonoran desert scrub, igneous and calcareous substrates +
pale tan +  and white +
2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.3cm;1.5cm +
deciduous +  and persistent +
rudimentary +
flat +  and terete +
nearly +  and microscopic +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
spine-tipped +, serrate +  and entire +
fimbriate +, entire +  and toothed +
deciduous +  and persistent +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
not mucilaginous +
dehiscent +, , +, rupturing +  and indehiscent +
abscission +
ridgelike +  and nipple--shaped +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
curving +
not constricted +
prominent +
broadly rounded +  and nearly keeled +
yellow +  and reddish +
triangular +
arillate +  and strophiolate +
dark maroon +  and black +
0.4mm;12mm +
dull +  and shiny +
papillate-roughened +
faceted;rounded +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.47 cm4.7 mm <br />0.0047 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
straw colored +, red +  and gray +
straight +  and curved +
deciduous +  and persistent +
6 (?) +  and 14 (?) +
annulate-ridged +, flattened +  and abaxially ridged +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
decurrent +
unsegmented +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
gray-green +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
spheric +  and short cylindric +
succulent +
canescent +  and glabrous +
15cm;30cm +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
protruding +  and hidden +
tuberculate +
Homalocephala +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
epipetric +  and epiphytic +
Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus +
Echinocactus polycephalus +
variety +
flat +  and convex +
dull +  and glossy +
canescent +  and glabrous +
spinelike +
strap--shaped +
epiphytic;epiphytic;epiphytic +
not deep-seated +
barrel-shaped +  and spheric +