Cylindropuntia wolfii
(Redirected from Wolf's cholla)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Cylindropuntia |
| Species: | C. wolfii
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| Cylindropuntia wolfii (L.D. Benson) J. Rebman
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Opuntia wolfii | |
Cylindropuntia wolfii is a species of cactus known by the common name Wolf's cholla.
Distribution
[edit]Cylindropuntia wolfii is native to Sonoran Desert, in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, and in Baja California, Mexico. It grows in dry, rocky desert habitat.
Description
[edit]Cylindropuntia wolfii is an erect cactus which can approach 2 meters in maximum height. It has many narrow branches made up of woolly, yellowish green, cylindrical segments, the surface divided into wide tubercles bearing many brownish spines up to 3 centimeters in length.
The flower is brownish purple outside to yellowish green in the center. The bumpy, spiny, dry fruit is up to 3 centimeters long.
External links
[edit]- Cylindropuntia wolfii photo gallery at Cholla Web
- Jepson Manual Treatment for Cylindropuntia wolfii
- Flora of North America
- Cylindropuntia wolfii — UC Photo gallery
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