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Pronunciation: sil-in-dro-PUN-tee-a ra-mo-SIS-i-ma
Common name: Pencil cholla
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Dry slopes, mesas and washes to 4000', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, both deserts
Blooming period: April to May
Name derivations: 1) Cylindropuntia 2) ramosissima
Formerly Opuntia ramosissima