Cylindropuntia californica var. californica

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

California pricklypear, Snake cholla

2009 Andrew Borcher

2025 UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants

2013 Dale Ritenour

2025 SD - SD Herbarium, San Diego Natural History Museum

2010 Anna Bennett

2025 UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants

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

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere)


	Plant Range Observation Search: ~58 records Add an Observation Plant Characteristics Location Suitability one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Cylindropuntia californica
Genus:	Cylindropuntia
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Opuntia californica var. californica, Opuntia parryi var. serpentina
PLANTS	Opuntia californica var. californica
PLANTS	Opuntia californica
JEF + PLANTS	Opuntia parryi var. serpentina
JEF + PLANTS	Opuntia serpentina

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Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) CNPS Rare Plant Inventory: 1B.1 International Plants Names Index (IPNI)	CalPhotos iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape BONAP (Distribution Map)
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