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Gander's buckhorn cholla

Cylindropuntia ganderi

Also called Gander's Cholla

Gander's buckhorn cholla
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Native range
SW. California to NW. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cylindropuntia ganderi, also known as Gander cholla and Gander's buckhorn cholla, is a cholla native to the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, Mexico, and the adjacent border area of southern California, US where it intergrades with Cylindropuntia californica.

Other Cylindropuntia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cylindropuntia ganderi 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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