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Cylindropuntia calmalliana

Cylindropuntia calmalliana
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Native range
Mexico (Baja California)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

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Cylindropuntia calmalliana is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico (Baja California). It was first described in 1896 by John Merle Coulter, as Opuntia calmalliana.

Other Cylindropuntia plants

Peach Springs Cholla · Buck-horn cholla · California Cholla · Teddybear cholla · California cholla · Wiggins' cholla · Jumping cholla · Gander's buckhorn cholla · Walking Stick Cactus · Tree cholla · Christmas cactus · Long Spine Cholla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cylindropuntia calmalliana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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