Cactaceae
Arizona pencil cholla
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 潅木团扇
- English
- Arizona pencil cholla, Pencil cholla
Synonyms
- Cylindropuntia neoarbuscula (Griffiths) F.M.Knuth
- Cylindropuntia vivipara (Rose) F.M.Knuth
- Grusonia arbuscula (Engelm.) G.D.Rowley
- Grusonia neoarbuscula (Griffiths) G.D.Rowley
- Grusonia vivipara (Rose) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia arbuscula Engelm.
- Opuntia neoarbuscula Griffiths
- Opuntia vivipara Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mike Ostrowski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.