- Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
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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.KnuthSynonyms 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
- ^ 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
Categories:- Cylindropuntia
- Cacti of Mexico
- Cacti of the United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of Sonora
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Oklahoma
- North American desert flora
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