Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth
Tasajillo, Christmas Cactus, Pencil Cactus, Christmas Cholla, Desert Christmas Cactus
Cactaceae (Cactus Family)
USDA Symbol: CYLE8USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Opuntia leptocaulis
Pencil Cactus
Cactaceae
Location: 1 km E of intersection of Hwy 16 & RR 3550, near Poteet.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry red clay & sand. Prosopis dominant in area.
Description: Erect shrub, 1 m tall, much branched. Main joints 3-4 dm long; more terminal joints shorter & cylindrical, 25-75 cm long, 3-4.5 mm dia. Tubercles lacking. Spines 1 per aerole, 2.5-5 cm long, .5 mm dia basally, gray.Flower/fruit not present.
County: Atascosa
Collector: Louise Morrell
Collection Date: Jul 30, 1993
Specimen number: 18
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0484
Accession Date: Jul 30, 1993
Accession Number: 37
Annotations: SXXXA