PLANTS Profile for Grusonia pulchella (sagebrush cholla)

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PLANTS Profile

Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.
sagebrush cholla

Symbol:

GRPU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

Opuntia pulchella

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

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Synonyms:
Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

OPBA3	Opuntia barkleyana (Daston) Rowley
OPBR3	Opuntia brachyrhopalica (Daston) Rowley
OPGR6	Opuntia gracilicylindrica (Wiegand & Backeb.) Rowley
OPPU	Opuntia pulchella Engelm.	sagebrush cholla
OPPY2	Opuntia pygmaea (Wiegand & Backeb.) Rowley
OPSP6	Opuntia spectatissima (Daston) Rowley
OPTU5	Opuntia tuberculosirhopalica (Wiegand & Backeb.) Rowley
OPWI3	Opuntia wiegandii (Backeb.) Rowley

Distribution:
Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.


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USA (CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 8 species in Grusonia

Classification:
Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Grusonia Rchb. ex Britton & Rose
Species	Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob. – sagebrush cholla

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Opuntia pulchella
sand cholla		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
Opuntia pulchella
sand cholla		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 04:13 PM MDT