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Cylindropuntia is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing species commonly known as chollas (/ ˈ tʃ ɔɪ ə z /), native to northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
The stems are armed with clusters of up to about 10 red to pink [10] spines, which may be 3 cm (1.2 in) long [10] and are barbed and sharp enough to easily penetrate leather gardening gloves. [12] The stems and fruits also have many spines or "glochids" about 1 mm (0.04 in) long [ 10 ] that can detach and stick in the skin.
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, the desert Christmas cactus, desert Christmas cholla, pencil cactus, or tasajillo, is a species of cholla cactus. Distribution and habitat
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The fruit of Pediocactus simpsonii is a small rounded cylinder 6–11 millimeters long and 4.5–10 millimeters in diameter. The fruits are smooth, green tinged with red and filled with gray or black seeds. [6] [3] Its seeds are 2–3 millimeters by 1.5–2 millimeters. [3] When ripe the fruit dries out and splits open to release the seeds. [4]
Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico and the southern United States. It is a ball-shaped cactus eventually growing to a cylindrical shape, with spiny ribs ...
The Christmas cactus can be confused with the Thanksgiving cactus. This is because each flower around the same time of year and they look very similar, says Nastya Vasylchyshyna, a resident botany ...
A major challenge in Opuntioideae classification is that the subfamily is known to hybridize (particularly the Opuntieae tribe), which complicates identifying species. [7] Genera exhibit variation in morphology , which makes using genetic analysis more important in determining relationships, since physical characteristics used to define genera ...