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Sclerocactus whipplei (Blessing's fishhook cactus; whipple fishhook cactus; Whipple's fishhook cactus)

Synonyms: Sclerocactus parviflorus var. blessingii; Sclerocactus whipplei var. pygmaeus; Sclerocactus whipplei var. whipplei

Wikipedia Abstract

Sclerocactus whipplei, Whipple's fishhook cactus, is a cactus (family Cactaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.
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Infraspecies

Echinocactus whipplei var. whipplei
Sclerocactus whipplei cloverae (Clover's fishhook cactus)
Sclerocactus whipplei heilii
Sclerocactus whipplei whipplei

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arches National Park II 76539 Utah, United States
Canyonlands National Park II 335430 Utah, United States
Natural Bridges National Monument III 7412 Utah, United States
Petrified Forest National Park II 44522 Arizona, United States
Pipe Spring National Monument V 41 Arizona, United States

Predators

Spilococcus mamillariae (Cactus mealybug)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0