Cactaceae
Thistle cholla
Cylindropuntia tunicata
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 着衣团扇
- English
- Thistle cholla
- Polish
- Cylindropuncja okryta
- Quechua
- Atuq waqachi, Atuqwaqachi
Synonyms
- Cactus tunicatus Lehm.
- Cactus tunicatus Lehm.
- Cylindropuntia tunicata var. aricensis F.Ritter
- Cylindropuntia tunicata var. chilensis F.Ritter
- Grusonia tunicata (Lehm.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia exuviata DC.
- Opuntia exuviata var. angustior DC.
- Opuntia exuviata var. spinosior DC.
- Opuntia exuviata var. viridior Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia furiosa H.L.Wendl.
- Opuntia puelchana A.Cast.
- Opuntia stapeliae DC.
- Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Pfeiff.
- Opuntia tunicata var. chilensis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
- Opuntia tunicata var. laevior Salm-Dyck
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philip Precey, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis F. Ramírez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, 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.