Gander's cholla (Cylindropuntia ganderi)

Gander's cholla, a reference photo — Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Cylindropuntia ganderi, also known as Gander cholla and Gander's buckhorn cholla, is a cholla native to the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, Mexico, and the adjacent border area of southern California, US where it intergrades with Cylindropuntia californica.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Gander's cholla being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Cylindropuntia wolfii
Cylindropuntia sanfelipensis

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: Cylindropuntia ganderi

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