Opuntia echinocarpa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Core eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Genus: | Opuntia |
Species: | O. echinocarpa |
Binomial name | |
Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow |
Opuntia echinocarpa, the Silver Cholla or Golden Cholla, depending on color of the spines, is a plant of the desert chaparral community.[1]