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Devil’s-claw cactus

Sclerocactus parviflorus

Photo by CynthiaMHori
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37.7703, -111.602

Field Notes

Description:

Solitary or occasionally small colonies. Cylindrical to circular

Notes:

this plant was singular and fairly short - not more than 6 inches tall

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Hi DordeWoodruff. I looked this up and it mentions the parviflorus is not in Utah. can you give me a link that compares the two? Thanks for looking at my cactus!
This is Sclerocactus parviflorus. Don't use A Utah Flora to ID Scleros, it is very inaccurate. Flora of North America is much better, though not perfect.
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PublishedMay 25, 2011

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