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Habitat: bajadas
Life Form: tall arborescent cactus
Leaf Description: leafless
Flower Color: pink
Flowering Period: June to Aug.
Spines: long straight
Family: Cactaceae (cactus family)
Abundance: abundant
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References
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page 585
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page 87
"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
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page 164
"Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", Judy Mielke, 1993, University of Texas Press, Austin
page 209
page 210
"100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest", Janice Emily Bowers, 1989, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
page 78
"Sonoran Desert Plants An Ecological Atlas", Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers and Tony L. Burgess, 1995, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
page 293
"Deserts: The Audubon Society Nature Guides", MacMahon, James A. 1985. Knopf, Chanticleer Press, NY
plate 325
page 490
"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 215
"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
page 221
page 202
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