Cactaceae
Teddybear cholla
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 松岚
- English
- Teddybear cholla, Teddy bear cholla, Teddy-bear cholla, Teddy bear cactus
- German
- Teddybärkaktus
- Hebrew
- קקטוסי צ'ולה
- Russian
- Цилиндропунция Бигелоу
Synonyms
- Cylindropuntia bigelovii subsp. bigelovii
- Cylindropuntia bigelovii var. bigelovii
- Grusonia bigelovii (Engelm.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia bigelovii Engelm.
- Opuntia bigelovii Engelm.
- Opuntia bigelovii var. hoffmannii Fosberg
- Opuntia fulgida var. hoffmannii (Fosberg) L.D.Benson
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 285 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cody Hinchliff, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Samuele Papeschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Samuele Papeschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matthew Field - http://www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Simcox, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marie Domokos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.