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Tree Cholla
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Tree Cholla

Cylindropuntia imbricata
In the United States: Native · also called cane cholla, walking stick cholla, chainlink cactus

Bees visit the vivid magenta to purple flowers for nectar and pollen. Blooms in late spring through summer on a cold-hardy, drought-tolerant tree-like cactus with cylindrical stems. Low-maintenance but handle with care due to barbed spines.

Nectarlow
Pollenlow
Bloom (US) March–August
TypePerennial
Sunfull

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