Scientific Name: Cylindropuntia fulgida
-Cactus native to the Sonoran Desert
-Seeds are dispersed by the animals that eat them
-Has one inch pink flowers that open on summer afternoons
-Flowers grow form the years previous fruits and form a chain
-Detached joints will generate new plants by rooting and branching
-This cactus can easily attach itself to anything that passes by
-Often grow in dense clonal colonies
-Averages about 8 ft. tall
-Also called jumping cholla

Photo: Taken at Jewel of the Creek at Cave Creek on September 29, 2007. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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