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Pronunciation: kar-NEE-jee-a ji-GAN-tee-a
Common name: Giant saguaro
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Gravelly slopes and flats to 1500', creosote
bush scrub near Colorado River and Laguna Dam,
Whipple Mts, rare in California
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Carnegiea
2) gigantea