Bigelow) F.M.Knuth
Pronunciation: sil-in-dro-PUN-tee-a ek-eye-no-KAR-pa
Common name: Silver cholla
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Dry washes and mesas to 6000', creosote bush
scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland,
hybridizes with most co-occurring chollas
Blooming period: April to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Cylindropuntia
2) echinocarpa
Formerly Opuntia echinocarpa