Teddy Bear Cholla

Cylindropuntia bigelovii

Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cylindropuntia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHCENTRALUSA, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, AFRICA, MEXICO, NWMOO, MXN, MXNSI, CNYOO, NORTHERNAMERICA, CAL, MXNSO, NEV; S. Nevada to New Mexico and NW. Mexico.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73844-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia bigelovii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7282821
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Native Habitat

S. Nevada to New Mexico and NW. Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, AFRICA, MEXICO, NWM_OO, MXN, MXN_SI, CNY_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, CAL, MXN_SO, NEV; S. Nevada to New Mexico and NW. Mexico.