Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Silver cholla)

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) F.M. Knuth

Silver cholla

Parents	Unknown	Genus is not in the current taxonomy
Genus	Cylindropuntia	from the Greek kylindros, “a cylinder,” plus genus Opuntia, this is now the new genus of the so-called ‘true chollas’
Species	echinocarpa	Literally “hedgehog-fruited,” thus bearing prickly fruits

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5/3/2018 · Park Blvd., Joshua Tree National Park
≈ 27 × 21" (68 × 52 cm)

5/3/2018 · Park Blvd., Joshua Tree National Park
≈ 25 × 21" (63 × 52 cm)

Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow

Opuntia wigginsii L.D. Benson

Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow

Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

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5/3/2018 · Park Blvd., Joshua Tree National Park
≈ 6 × 4" (15 × 10 cm)

5/3/2018 · Park Blvd., Joshua Tree National Park
≈ 6 × 4" (15 × 10 cm)

5/3/2018 · Park Blvd., Joshua Tree National Park
≈ 26 × 21" (67 × 52 cm)

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