Pronunciation: oh-PUN-tee-a ra-mo-SI-si-ma
Common name: Pencil cholla
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Dry slopes, mesas and washes to 4000',
creosote bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, both
deserts
Blooming period: April to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Opuntia
2) ramosissima