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Cylindropuntia wolfii






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Cylindropuntia wolfii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species:
C. wolfii
Binomial name
Cylindropuntia wolfii

(L.D. Benson) J. Rebman

Synonyms

Opuntia wolfii

Cylindropuntia wolfii is a species of cactus known by the common name Wolf's cholla.

Distribution[edit]

Cylindropuntia wolfii is native to Sonoran Desert, in the Colorado DesertofSouthern California, and in Baja California, Mexico. It grows in dry, rocky desert habitat.

Description[edit]

Cylindropuntia wolfii is an erect cactus which can approach 2 meters in maximum height. It has many narrow branches made up of woolly, yellowish green, cylindrical segments, the surface divided into wide tubercles bearing many brownish spines up to 3 centimeters in length.

The flower is brownish purple outside to yellowish green in the center. The bumpy, spiny, dry fruit is up to 3 centimeters long.

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    Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
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    Natural history of the Colorado Desert
    Natural history of Imperial County, California
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