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§1 Plant

Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter ssp. intermedius (Peebles) K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter

vernacular intermediate fishhook cactus — subspecies · Cactaceae

USDA
SCPAI2
GBIF
3943008
Rank
subspecies
intermediate fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp. intermedius)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Cactaceae Juss.
Genus
Sclerocactus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 19 counties across 4 states/territories
Legend Native · 19 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 19 counties across 4 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 8 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SCPAI2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3943008 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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