Cactaceae
Whipple cholla
Cylindropuntia whipplei
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Whipple cholla
Synonyms
- Grusonia whipplei (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, 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.