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| ''''']''''' — formerly '''''Opuntia echinocarpa''''' — is known as the '''Wiggins' cholla'''. <ref name="usda"></ref> It is also known, depending on the cast of needle color, as '''golden cholla''' or '''silver cholla'''. <ref name="usda"/> | ''''']''''' — formerly '''''Opuntia echinocarpa''''' — is known as the '''Wiggins' cholla'''. <ref name="usda"></ref> It is also known, depending on the cast of needle color, as '''golden cholla''' or '''silver cholla'''. <ref name="usda"/> | ||
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| ==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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| Opuntia echinocarpa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Opuntia |
| Species: | O. echinocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa — (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) F.M. Knuth | |
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa — formerly Opuntia echinocarpa — is known as the Wiggins' cholla. It is also known, depending on the cast of needle color, as golden cholla or silver cholla.
This species is a plant of the desert chaparral plant community in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Sonora, and Baja California.
Description
Main article: Cylindropuntia echinocarpaSee also
References
- ^ USDA Plants Profile for Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Wiggins' cholla)
- A Natural History of California, Alan A. Schoenherr; p. 360.
External links
- Cylindropuntia echinocarpa species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
- Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Opuntia echinocarpa) — Photo gallery
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