Cactaceae
Chiotilla
Escontria chiotilla
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Escontria
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 白焰柱
- English
- Chiotilla, Jiotilla
- German
- Chiotilla
- Hungarian
- Escontria
- Spanish
- Chiotillo, Chiotilla, Jiotilla
- Swedish
- Chiotillakaktus
Synonyms
- Cereus chiotilla F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
- Myrtillocactus chiotilla (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) P.V.Heath
- Myrtillocactus chiotilla f. spiralis P.V.Heath
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: Obed Palagot Echavarria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Obed Palagot Echavarria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rosario, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Javier Barrios Flores, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Sengpiel, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Javier Barrios Flores, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rosario, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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). About our plant data.