Cactaceae
Golden cholla
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Golden cholla, Wiggins' cholla, Silver cholla
Synonyms
- Cactus echinocarpus Lem.
- Cylindropuntia wigginsii (L.D.Benson) H.Rob.
- Grusonia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia echinocarpa var. nuda J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia wigginsii L.D.Benson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.