Sclerocactus wetlandicus

Hochstätter

Succulenta (Netherlands) 68: 123, figs. s.n. (upper row, p. 124). 1989.

Common names: Parriette hookless cactus
EndemicConservation concern
Synonyms: Pediocactus wetlandicus (Hochstätter) Halda
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 201. Mentioned on page 199, 200.

Stems usually unbranched, green to bluish green, spheric, cylindric, or elongate-cylindric, 3–8.5 (–15) × 4–10 (–12) cm, glaucous; ribs 12–14 (–15) tubercles evident on ribs. Spines slightly or not obscuring stems; radial spines 6–10 (–14) per areole, white to tan (rarely black), 6–20 mm; central spines 3–4 (–5) per areole, sometimes not greatly different from radial spines; abaxial central spines 0–2 per areole, pale tan, brown, reddish-brown to black, straight and unhooked or curved (rarely hooked), 12–26 × 0.8–1 mm; lateral central spines 2–4 per areole, similar to abaxial; adaxial central spine usually white (rarely light-brown), elliptic in cross-section, 15–29 × 0.5–1.8 mm. Flowers fragrant, funnelform, 2–3.5 (–5) × (2–) 2.5–5 cm; outer tepals with brownish lavender midstripes and pink to violet margins, oblanceolate, 15 (–30) × 30–50 mm; inner tepals pink or violet, oblanceolate to lanceolate, 17–25 (–30) × 3–6 mm; filaments green to white; anthers yellow. Fruits not regularly dehiscent, ovoid, barrel-shaped, 9–25 (–30) × 7–12 mm, with a few membranous scales, mostly near apex. Seeds black, 1.5 × 2.5 mm; cells convex but flattened apically.


Phenology: Flowering late Apr–May.
Habitat: Gravel-covered clay hills, desert grasslands, saltbush, rabbitbrush flats
Elevation: 1300-1500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Sclerocactus wetlandicus is morphologically very similar to S. glaucus and frequently has been treated within S. glaucus (L. D. Benson 1982; K. D. Heil and J. M. Porter 1994), a treatment disputed by F. Hochstätter (1997). Populations are geographically separated in Duchesne and Uintah counties, Utah. Phylogenetic analyses of chloroplast DNA (J. M. Porter et al. 2000) are ambiguous regarding the closest relative of S. wetlandicus; however, this species is related to S. brevispinus, S. glaucus, S. wrightiae, S. whipplei, and S. parviflorus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Sclerocactus wetlandicus"
reddish-brown +  and black +
curved +  and straight +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.9 cm29 mm <br />0.029 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
cushionlike +
spine-bearing +
circular to linear +
deciduous +  and persistent +
connected +
elliptic +  and pyriform +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Kenneth D. Heil +  and J. Mark Porter +
Hochstätter +
hardened +
triangular +
flattened +  and convex +
pink +  and purplish-pink or black +
subulate +  and acicular +
proliferating +
flattened +  and cylindric +
Parriette hookless cactus +
mucilaginous +
notched +
1300-1500 m +
not separating +
green +  and white +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
fragrant +
funnel +  and campanulate +
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 />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
red;pink;tan;green +
persistent +, long +  and deciduous +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
barrel--shaped +  and ovoid +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Gravel-covered clay hills, desert grasslands, saltbush, rabbitbrush flats +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +  and lanceolate +
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 +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
fimbriate +  and entire +
brownish lavender +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
deciduous +  and persistent +
Flowering late Apr–May. +
mucilaginous +
abscission +
ridgelike +  and nipple--shaped +
Succulenta (Netherlands) +
greenish +  and white +
tuberculate +
triangular +
membranous +
arillate +  and strophiolate +
0.4mm;12mm +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
shiny +  and glossy +
obovoid;pyriform;obovoid;pyriform;lenticular-reniform;comma--shaped;spheric +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
white +  and tan +
curved +  and straight +
deciduous +  and persistent +
6 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
annulate-ridged +, hairlike +, daggerlike +, subulate +  and acicular +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
hard +  and rigid +
decurrent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
green +  and bluish green +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br />) +
elongate-cylindric +, cylindric +  and spheric +
succulent +
4cm;10cm +
creamy white +, yellow +, green +  and pink +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
flat-topped +
tuberculate +
Pediocactus wetlandicus +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
epipetric +  and epiphytic +
Sclerocactus wetlandicus +
Sclerocactus +
species +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
lanceolate to oblanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
dull +  and glossy +
papillate +
coalescent +
distinct +
epiphytic;epiphytic;epiphytic +
barrel-shaped +  and spheric +