What is a cholla cactus?
A cholla is a genus of the Cylindropuntieae tribe. (1)
What does a cholla look like?
picture here (1)
What type of cholla is it?
Where are chollas located?
native to northern Mexico and the southern USA.
Arizona
Quartzsite, AZ
What are parts of a cholla?
Chollas have tubercles. (2)
has a papery sheath covering their spines (2)
has sharp spines with masses of hard and fine irritating barbs, called glochids (2)
What are types of cholla?
There are more than 20 types of cholla. (2)
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Buckhorn cholla) (1)
Cylindropuntia alcahes – Clavellina cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia anteojoensis (1)
Cylindropuntia arbuscula – Arizona pencil cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia bigelovii – Teddy-bear cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia californica – California cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia caribaeae (1)
Cylindropuntia cedrosensis (1)
Cylindropuntia cholla – Chain-llink cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis (1)
Cylindropuntia ciribe (1)
Cylindropuntia davisii (1)
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa – silver cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia fosbergii – pink teddy bear cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia fulgida – jumping cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia ganderi – Gander cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia hystrix (1)
Cylindropuntia imbricata (1)
Cylindropuntia kleiniae (1)
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis – Desert Christmas cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia libertadensis (1)
Cylindropuntia lindsayi (1)
Cylindropuntia molesta – Agujilla (1)
Cylindropuntia multigeniculata (1)
Cylindropuntia munzii (1)
Cylindropuntia prolifera – coastal cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia ramosissima – branched pencil cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia rosea (1)
Cylindropuntia sanfelipensis (1)
Cylindropuntia santamaria (1)
Cylindropuntia spinosior – tasajo cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia tesajo (1)
Cylindropuntia thurberi (1)
Cylindropuntia tunicata (1)
Cylindropuntia versicolor (1)
Cylindropuntia waltoniorum (1)
Cylindropuntia whipplei – rat-tail cholla (1)
Cylindropuntia wolfii – Wolf’s cholla (1)
What are types of hybrid chollas?
Cylindropuntia x antoniae (1)
Cylindropuntia x campii (1)
…and more (1)
Resources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindropuntia
2. https://www.beangrowing.com/jumping-cholla-vs-teddy-bear-cholla/
