Cylindropuntia californica Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cylindropuntia californica (Torr. & A. Gray) F. M. Knuth

California cholla

2020 Kimberly Coates

2020 Diane Etchison

2018 Matthew Harvey

2019 keith wayne garcia

Cylindropuntia californica is a perennial herb (stem succulent) that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~150 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. californica
Genus:	Cylindropuntia
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


OTHER	Opuntia californica var. californica

Information about Cylindropuntia californica from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (CYCA25) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/14/2025).