Tree cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- —
Cactaceae
Formerly Cactus imbricatus, Cereus imbricatus, Echinocactus imbricatus, Grusonia imbricata, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Arizona to SW. Kansas and MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Arizona State University Libraries, one source
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Arizona State University Libraries, one source
- Flowers
- Magenta, purpleRead from Arizona State University Libraries and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -26.1 °C (USDA zone 5b)Read from Wikipedia and Arizona State University Libraries, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia -28.9 °C; Arizona State University Libraries -23.3 °C
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 兔子角
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Arizona State University Libraries, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 4.0
- 3D model: Cylindropuntia imbricata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.