Opuntia spinosior (Engelm.) Toumey
Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. spinosior Engelm.
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Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth Cane cholla, walkingstick cactus
Cane cholla is native to southern North America. Identification: Plants are low, compact, tangled shrubs, 1-6½′ (40-200 cm) high. Stem segments are rippled with oval tubercules, resembling heavy rope. Each segment is 1¾-9″ (5-23 cm) × ½-1¼″ (1.3-3.5 cm) around, and green to purple in color. Glochids— clusters of easily detached spines—are yellow to tan to gray a 1/32-1/16″ (1-2 mm) long. Flowers cover a range of colors, magenta, red, purplish, bronze-purple, yellow, or nearly white; they are up to 3″ (7.6 cm) around. Fruits are cylindrical, also covered with tubercules, yellow with purple, ¾-1¾″ (2-5 cm) long. Edibility: Fruits are edible. References:
Anderson, Edward F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press, 2001, p. 213 Online References:
Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and the Plants of the Sonoran Desert Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Sonoran Desert Digital Library SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network George and Audrey DeLange's Arizona wildflower site The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
5/7/2014 · American Southwest (AZ or TX) · By Jacquelyn Boyt Cylindropuntia spinosior description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 5 Oct 2021.
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5/9/2014 · American Southwest (AZ or TX) · By Jacquelyn Boyt
11/6/2005
5/24/2009 · Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona Range: Zones 8-11:
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ID is uncertain 
