Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter ssp. paviflorus fa.parviflorus
Bull. Torrey Club 68:419 f. 8.1941.Devil's Claw Cactus
Type: Clover & Jotter 2398, mouth of Forbidding Canyon in Glen Canyon, above Lee´s Ferry, canyon of the Colorado. Abudant 20 mi above Moki Creek and fairly common at intervals along the lower San Juan River (MICH, holotype; US 234602, isotype).
Synonymy
Sclerocactus intermedius Peebles, Leafl. West. Bot.5:191, 1949.Echinocactus parviflorus (Clover & Jotter) L. Benson, Cacti of Arizona, ed. 2, 102, 1950.
Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelmann & Bigelow) Britton & Rose var. intermedius (Peebles) L. Benson Cact. & Succt. J. (US) 48 (3):138-139, 1976.
Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter var. intermedius (Peebles) Woodruff & L. Benson Cact. & Succt, J. (US) 48 (3):133, 1976.
Sclerocactus contortus Heil Cact. & Succt. J. (US) 51:25-30, 1979.
Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter var. blessingiae Earle Saguaroland Bull. 34 (3): 29, 1980.
Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter subsp. intermedius (Peebles) Heil & Porter Haseltonia, 2. 20-46, 1994.
L. Benson included Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter, as var. roseus (Clover) L. Benson 1966, under Sclerocactus whipplei, but later gave up this view.
Other representative material studied.
| Arizona: | fh 50, n Pipe Springs, 1,500m, fh 51, Cane Beds, fh 52, Marble Canyon, |
fh 59, Page, fh 59.1, Highway 89 1,000m, fh 59.2, Laguna Creek, 1,800m. |
| Colorado: | fh 28, Montrose Co., 1,800m, fh 28.2, Montrose Co., 1,900m, fh 28.2.0, Naturita area, 1,800m, |
fh 29.0, Mesa Co., 1,400m, fh 29.0.3, 1,200m, fh 29.4, Mesa Co., 1,400m. |
| New Mexico: | fh 43, Shiprock, 1,700m, fh 49.1, Torreon, 1,900 m, |
fh 49.2, Cuba, 1,700 m, fh 49.3, Sheep Springs. |
| Utah: | fh 67, Icelander Creek, 1,600m, fh 67.0, Emery Co., fh 67.0.1, Garfield Co., fh 67.1, Carbon Co., fh 67.2, Book Cliffs, 1,650m, fh 67.3, Carbon Co., fh 67.3.0, Price, 1,650m, fh 68, Moab, 1,200m, fh 68.1, Big Bend, 1,300m, fh 69, Castleton, 1,800m, fh 69.0, Placer Creek, 1,250 m, fh 69.0.1, Pariott Mesa, 1,200m, fh 69.1, Hite, 1,600m, fh 69.1.0, Boulder, 1,900m, fh 69.1.1, Boulder Mts., 2,000m, fh 69.1.5, Tropic, 1,600m, fh 69.2, Dome Plateau, 1,400m, fh 69.3, Cisco, 1,300 m, fh 69.3.0, Westwater, 1,300m, fh 69.3.1, Emery Co., fh 69.3.2, Emery Co., fh 69.3.3, San Rafael Reef, 1,800m, fh 69.3.4, Hotel Mesa, 1,300m, fh 69.6, Duchesne Co., fh 69.6.0, Starvation Reservation area, 1,600m, fh 69.9.0, San Juan Co., fh 69.9.0.1, Garfield Co., fh 69.9.0.2, Crescenct Jct., 1,450m, fh 69.9.0.3, East Gate Reservoir, 1,500m, fh 69.9.0.4, Black Mesa, 2,000m, fh 69.9.0.5, Black Mesa area, 2,000m, fh 69.9.0.6, Fremont Jct., 2,000m, fh 69.9.0.7, Sevier Co., fh 69.9.0.8, Comb Ridge, 1,800m, fh 69.9.0.9, Butter Wash, 1,900m, fh 69.9.1.0, near Blanding, 1,400m, fh 69.0.0.1, Mule, 1,750m, fh 69.0.0.2, Blanding area, 1,500m, fh 69.0.0.3, Burr Desert, 1,350m, fh 69.0.0.4, La Sal, 1,750m, fh 69.0.0.5, Monticello, 1,800m, fh 69.0.0.6, Abajo Loop, 1,400m,
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fh 69.0.0.7, Sevier Co., fh 69.0.0.8, Johnson Creek, 1,500m, fh 69.0.2.3, Boren Mesa, 1,600m, fh 69.0.3.5, s Monticello, 2,030m, fh 69.0.3.6, Canyonland, 2,170m, fh 69.1.0.3, North Wash, 1,250m, fh 69.1.0.4, Lake Powell area, 1,200m, fh 69.1.0.6, Goosenecks, 2,000m, fh 69.1.0.7 San Juan Co., fh 69.1.0.8, San Juan Co., fh 69.1.0.9, San Juan Co., fh 69.1.1.0, Mexican Hat, 1,400m, fh 69.1.1.1, Bluff, 1,450m, fh 69.1.1.2, Montezuma Creek, fh 69.1.1.3, Mc Cracken Mesa, 1,300m, fh 69.1.1.6, Dikes, 1,450m, fh 69.1.1.7, Crescent Bench, 1,500m, fh 69.1.1.8, Moore, 1,900m, fh 69.1.1.9, Brumley Ridge, 1,400m, fh 69.1.2.1, Manti La Sal Mts., 1,600m, fh 69.1.2.2, San Juan Co., 1,800 m, fh 69.1.2.4, Arches, 1,400m, fh 69.1.2.5, Delicantes Arches, 1,400m, fh 69.1.2.6, Grand Co., fh 69.1.2.7, Valley of the Gods, 1,400m, fh 69.1.2.8, Canyon Rims, 1,500m, fh 69.1.2.9, Corall, 1,650m, fh 69.1.3.0, Manti La Sal Mts., 2,100m, fh 69.1.3.1, Cisco Wash, 1,300m, fh 69.1.3.2, Highway 262, 1,500m, fh 69.1.3.3, Canyonville, 1,850m, fh 69.1.3.4, Paria River, 1,900m, fh 69.1.3.5, Castle Creek, 1,600m, fh 69.1.3.6, Book Cliffes, 1,700m fh 69.1.3.7, Fish Tower, 1,500m, fh 69.1.4.1, The Weedge, 1,700m. |
Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp.parviflorus, fh 50, n Pipe Springs, 1,500m,
Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp.parviflorus, fh 59.1, Highway 89
Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp.parviflorus, fh 69.1.3.3, Canyonville, 1,850m,
Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp.parviflorus, fh 49.1, Torreon