English

mountain ball cactus

Scientific Name

Pediocactus simpsonii? [Mountain Ball Cactus]

Arapaho

ceeyookuu’


Translation of the Arapaho

‘round standing’

Mountain Ball Cactus and the Arapaho

Oliver Toll in 1914 identified the plant of this name as “a little cactus with a flat top.” Since he was in RMNP at the time, the species above seems to be the most likely candidate.