Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Peritoma serrulata), pink, roadside, sand silt substrate, backroad, Great Sandhills, SK, July 27/11
Cocks-comb Cat's-Eye (Oreocarya celosioides), white, Grasslands National Park, east block, SK, June 12/12. Approximate location.
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Coryphantha vivipara
Found mid slope on sandy soils at Carter ranch.
Key identification characteristics is cactus is spherical shape and has a brownish fleshy berry.
Compared to Opuntia polyacantha, pin cushion differs by having a spherical shape and has bright purple flowers.
Used Common Plants of the Western Rangelands (Volume 2)- trees and shrubs to identify.