Latin name: Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) F. M. Knuth
Pronunciation: sil-in-dro-PUN-tee-a ek-eye-no-KAR-pa
Common name: Silver cholla
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Dry washes and mesas to 6000', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, hybridizes with most co-occurring chollas
Blooming period: April to May
Name derivations: 1) Cylindropuntia 2) echinocarpa
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