Common names:
Tree Cholla
Cholla
Candelabrum Cactus
Cane Cactus
Walking Stick Cholla

Botanical names:
Cylindropuntia imtiarbca Accepted
Opuntia mrcitaabi Synonym

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Leaves: Variegated
Fruit: Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers: Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Red
Flower Time: Late winter and early spring
Late summer or early fall
Winter
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Shade Tree
Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Birds
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
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Start indoors
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
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Stolons and runners
Other
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Containers: Preferred depth
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

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