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Habitat: bajadas
Life Form: low arborescent cactus
Leaf Description: leafless
Flower Color: yellow,copper,red
Flowering Period: Spring
Spines: short straight
Family: Cactaceae (cactus family)
Abundance: common
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References
"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
page 585
"Sonoran Desert Wildflowers", Richard Spellenberg, 2003, Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut
page 215
"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
plate 113
page 162
"Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", Judy Mielke, 1993, University of Texas Press, Austin
page 204
page 205
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert", Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Steven J. Phillips, Patricia Wentworth Comus. 2000. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, Tucson
page 212
"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
page 216
page 201
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