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Pronunciation: sil-in-dro-PUN-tee-a big-el-OH-vee-eye
Common name: Jumping cholla
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Rocky fans, benches and lower slopes mostly below 3000', creosote bush scrub, Colorado Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Name derivations: 1) Cylindropuntia 2) bigelovii
Formerly Opuntia bigelovii