Grusonia parishiorum is a species of cactus known by the common names matted cholla and Parish club cholla. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California and Arizona.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Grusonia |
| Species: | G. parishiorum
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| Grusonia parishiorum (Orcutt ex Britton & Rose) Pinkava
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Description
editGrusonia parishiorum grows in spreading mats along the sandy ground no more than about 20 centimeters tall. The segments are up to 9 centimeters long by 3 wide and is surfaced in fleshy tubercles bearing many spines each up to 5 centimeters in length. The flower is yellowish and the fruit is yellow and up to 8 centimeters long.
References
edit- ^ Orcutt, W. Amer. Sci. 10: 81. 1896.
- ^ Pinkava, J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 32: 50. 1999.
- ^ Knuth, Kaktus-ABC 115. 1935.
- ^ Backeberg, Die Cactaceae 1: 361. 1958.
- ^ Rob., Phytologia 26(3): 176. 1973.
- ^ Jackson, Notes of a Military Reconnoissance 157, f. 9. 1848.
- ^ Benson, Cacti of Arizona (ed. 2) 39. 1950.
External links
edit- Jepson Manual Treatment - Grusonia parishii
- Flora of North America
- Grusonia parishii - Photo gallery
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