Opuntia humifusa var. ammophila
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48: 39. 1976.
Endemic
Basionym: Opuntia ammophila Small J. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 29, plate 224. 1919
Synonyms: Opuntia compressa var. ammophila (Small) L. D. Benson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 131.
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Shrubs or small trees, erect, to 2 m, often with short trunk, usually oval in cross-section. Stem segments firm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (Feb–Aug).
Habitat: Sand dunes, scrub woodland flats
Elevation: 0-60 m
Discussion
Opuntia humifusa var. ammophila is poorly known and needs additional ecologic, taxonomic, and molecular study. The distribution given follows L. D. Benson (1982).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"thickish" is not a number.
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continuous +
cushionlike +
arillate +
elliptic +
absent +
sessile +
symmetric +
proliferating +
arising +
shallow +
large +
Fla. +
funicular +
osseous +
separating +
intact +
staminate +
symmetric +
arranged +
diurnal +
abscising +
bisexual +
adnate +
epigynous +
apricot;brownish red +
drying +
straight +
indehiscent +
proliferating +
fleshy +
protruding +
absent +
dense +
emarginate-apiculate +
sessile +
alternate +
deciduous +
absent +
vestigial +
succulent +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
determinate +
terete +
tinged color +
specialized +
sepal-like +
true +
surrounding +
sunken +
abscising +
epigynous +
compound +
parietal +
3;14 +
yellow +
coalescent +
thickening +
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) +
1976 +
vertical +
3;2;2;30 +
minute +
diffuse +
tuberlike +
tuberlike +
deep +
adjacent +
tan +
developing +
3.5mm;4.5mm +
absent +
glabrous +
1;400 +
warped;generally circular;reniform flattened +
persistent +
detachable +
tall +
flattened;obovoid +
Endemic +
not sheathed +
barbed +
straight +
pliable +
stout +
aging +
absent +
conspicuous +
roughened +
terete +
50;1500 +
decurrent +
not disarticulating +
circular +
glabrous +
segmented +
white +
1;3;14 +
absent +
white +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
Opuntia humifusa var. ammophila +
Opuntia humifusa +
variety +
5;50 +
segmented +
distinct +
absent +
dense +
crescent +
single +
protruding +
enlarged +
branched +
terrestrial;epiphytic or epipetric +
small +