Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: C. leptocaulis
Binomial name
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
F.M.Knuth
Synonyms

Opuntia leptocaulis DC.
Opuntia frutescens Engelm.

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Desert Christmas cactus, Desert Christmas Cholla, and Tasajillo, is a cactus.

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Distribution

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis is widely distributed in deserts, grasslands, chaparral, and woodlands in the Southwestern United States and several states in Northern Mexico.

Description

The shrubby Cylindropuntia leptocaulis plants reach .5 to 1.8 m (1.6 to 5.9 ft) tall with many short spineless stems.

Flowers are pale yellow or greenish yellow, with occasional red tips.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2001). The cactus family. Portland, Or: Timber Press. p. 210. ISBN 0-88192-498-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=vYXQHL2IsZ4C&pg=PA210. 

References

USDA Profile: Cylindropuntia leptocaulis


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