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Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Also called Pencil Cactus
Branched pencil cholla is a desert cactus with slender, pencil-like green branches that dry gray, often growing 1 to 2 meters tall. It is a sun-loving, drought-tolerant plant that needs sharp drainage and very little water.
Cylindropuntia ramosissima is a species of cactus known by the common names Diamond cholla and Branched pencil cholla.
Cylindropuntia ramosissima is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the Southwestern United States, California, and Northwestern Mexico, and to Baja California and its Islas San Benito.
Peach Springs Cholla · Buck-horn cholla · California Cholla · Teddybear cholla · California cholla · Cylindropuntia calmalliana · Wiggins' cholla · Jumping cholla · Gander's buckhorn cholla · Walking Stick Cactus · Tree cholla · Christmas cactus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cylindropuntia ramosissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
