Cactaceae
Jumping cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 鳞团扇
- English
- Jumping cholla, Chain-fruit cholla, Club cactus
- Spanish
- Brincadora, Choya
Synonyms
- Cylindropuntia fulgida f. cristata P.V.Heath
- Cylindropuntia fulgida f. mamillata (A.Schott ex Engelm.) Guiggi & Verloove
- Cylindropuntia fulgida f. monstruosa P.V.Heath
- Cylindropuntia fulgida var. fulgida
- Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata (A.Schott ex Engelm.) Backeb.
- Grusonia fulgida (Engelm.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia fulgens Engelm.
- Opuntia fulgida Engelm.
- Opuntia fulgida var. mamillata (A.Schott ex Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Opuntia mamillata A.Schott ex Engelm.
- Opuntia mammillata Engelm.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to September (from 209 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Isaac Ethington, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Enrique Martínez Núñez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rachel Stringham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wren Harris, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: panza-rayada, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, 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.