Cactaceae
Sagebrush cholla
Micropuntia pulchella
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Micropuntia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 小丽掌
- English
- Sagebrush cholla
- Persian
- کاکتوس درمنه
Synonyms
- Corynopuntia pulchella (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
- Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H.Rob.
- Micropuntia barkleyana Daston
- Micropuntia brachyrhopalica Daston
- Micropuntia gracilicylindrica E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia pulchella subsp. gracilicylindrica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) Hochstätter
- Micropuntia pygmaea E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia spectatissima Daston
- Micropuntia tuberculosirhopalica E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia tuberulosirhopalica E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia wiegandii Backeb.
- Opuntia barkleyana (Daston) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia brachyrhopalica (Daston) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia gracilicylindrica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia pulchella Engelm.
- Opuntia pygmaea (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia spectatissima (Daston) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia tuberculosirhopalica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia wiegandii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
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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). About our plant data.