Cactaceae
Gander's buckhorn cholla
Cylindropuntia ganderi
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Gander's buckhorn cholla
Synonyms
- Grusonia ganderi (C.B.Wolf) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia acanthocarpa subsp. ganderi C.B.Wolf
- Opuntia acanthocarpa var. ganderi (C.B.Wolf) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia ganderi (C.B.Wolf) Rebman & Pinkava
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, 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.