What is Cylindropuntia spinosior?
Cylindropuntia spinosior is a cholla found in sandy loamy flats between 300 to 2000 m elevation in the Sonoran desert of Arizona, New Mexico, and Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico.
Details
C. spinosior is a widely branching tree growing to over 2 m tall. The firmly attached terminal stems are 5 to 23 cm long by 1.3 to 3.5 cm wide. The areoles have 5 to 24 tan, pinkish, or red-brown spines which overlap the spines of adjacent areoles. The spine sheaths are white and fit tightly to the spines. The flowers are rose to purple and sometimes yellow. The filaments are pine to purple and sometimes green. T
