PLANTS Profile for Sclerocactus glaucus (Colorado hookless cactus)

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Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson
Colorado hookless cactus

Symbol:

SCGL3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	Uinta Basin hookless cactus

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Photo of Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson

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Synonyms:
Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson

	ECGL	Echinocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson
	PEGL14	Pediocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) Arp
	SCWHG	Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose var. glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) S.L. Welsh

Distribution:
Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson


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USA (CO)

Related Taxa:
Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 16 species in Sclerocactus

Classification:
Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson

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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	Sclerocactus Britton & Rose – fishhook cactus
Species	Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson – Colorado hookless cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson

This plant 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.

United States:
Uinta Basin hookless cactus		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L.D. Benson

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19759.

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