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Candle Cholla

Cylindropuntia kleiniae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 19, February 23, March 36, April 49, May 38, June 37, July 37, August 23, September 30, October 26, November 26, December 36.
Mexico380
United States168
Texas132
Nuevo Leon70
Queretaro de Arteaga64
Durango59
Coahuila de Zaragoza54
San Luis Potosi52
Chihuahua30
New Mexico23

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familycacti · Cactaceae
Genuschollas · Cylindropuntia

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