Difference between revisions of "Opuntia santa-rita"
Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 52: 195. 1909.
Common names: Purple pricklypear
Basionym: Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita Griffiths & Hare
Synonyms: Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L. D. Benson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 137.
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, with short trunk, erect, to 2 m. <b>Stem</b> segments not easily detached, green or, when under stress, lavender to red-purple at least around areoles, flattened, subcircular, sometimes ovate or obovate sometimes wider than long, 10–20 × 9.5–20 cm, thin, nearly smooth, glabrous; areoles 6–8(–9) per diagonal row across midstem segment, obovate or elliptic to subcircular, sometimes reniform, 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm; wool tan to brown. <b>Spines</b> 0–1(–2) per areole, usually few along margins of stem segments, deflexed to erect, pale yellow to horn colored (aging reddish brown), straight to slightly curved, acicular, terete, the longest to 40 mm, usually shorter. <b>Glochids</b> dense in crescent at adaxial edge of areole, nearly encircling areoles, and in subapical tuft, of even height, yellow to tan, aging brown, to 5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals yellow throughout, fading orangish, 25–45 mm; filaments pale yellow throughout or pale yellow proximally, white distally; anthers pale yellow; style white; stigma lobes light green. <b>Fruits</b> purplish, green inside, obovoid to barrel-shaped, 25–45 × 20–30 mm, fleshy, glabrous, spineless; areoles 34–44(–54). <b>Seeds</b> tan, 3.5–5 × 3–4 mm, sides convex, often bearing bumps; girdle protruding 0.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!-- |
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|habitat=Deserts, grasslands, oak woodlands, flats, slopes, sandy to rocky soils | |habitat=Deserts, grasslands, oak woodlands, flats, slopes, sandy to rocky soils | ||
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|habitat=Deserts, grasslands, oak woodlands, flats, slopes, sandy to rocky soils | |habitat=Deserts, grasslands, oak woodlands, flats, slopes, sandy to rocky soils | ||
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae | |subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae | ||
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Revision as of 15:02, 27 July 2019
Shrubs or trees, with short trunk, erect, to 2 m. Stem segments not easily detached, green or, when under stress, lavender to red-purple at least around areoles, flattened, subcircular, sometimes ovate or obovate sometimes wider than long, 10–20 × 9.5–20 cm, thin, nearly smooth, glabrous; areoles 6–8(–9) per diagonal row across midstem segment, obovate or elliptic to subcircular, sometimes reniform, 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm; wool tan to brown. Spines 0–1(–2) per areole, usually few along margins of stem segments, deflexed to erect, pale yellow to horn colored (aging reddish brown), straight to slightly curved, acicular, terete, the longest to 40 mm, usually shorter. Glochids dense in crescent at adaxial edge of areole, nearly encircling areoles, and in subapical tuft, of even height, yellow to tan, aging brown, to 5 mm. Flowers: inner tepals yellow throughout, fading orangish, 25–45 mm; filaments pale yellow throughout or pale yellow proximally, white distally; anthers pale yellow; style white; stigma lobes light green. Fruits purplish, green inside, obovoid to barrel-shaped, 25–45 × 20–30 mm, fleshy, glabrous, spineless; areoles 34–44(–54). Seeds tan, 3.5–5 × 3–4 mm, sides convex, often bearing bumps; girdle protruding 0.5 mm. 2n = 22.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr-early Jun).
Habitat: Deserts, grasslands, oak woodlands, flats, slopes, sandy to rocky soils
Elevation: 700-1600 m
Distribution
Ariz., Mexico (Sonora).
Discussion
Opuntia santa-rita has been reported for New Mexico and Texas, but I have seen no supporting specimens. Opuntia santa-rita is commonly confused with spineless O. macrocentra, but has yellow inner tepals with red basal portions. In southern Arizona, O. santa-rita hybridizes with O. chlorotica; that hybrid, with a chromosome number of 2n = 22, apparently accounts for L. D. Benson’s (1982) inclusion in the United States of Mexico’s O. gosseliniana F. A. C. Weber.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.