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Devil's Cholla

Devil's Cholla

Grusonia kunzei

Grusonia kunzei (Rose) Pinkava is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHWESTERNUSA, MEXICO, MXNSI, MXNBS, ARI, MXNBC, ARIOO, MXN, CAL, MXNSO, NORTHERNAMERICA, CALOO; SE. California to SW. Arizona and Mexico (Baja California Norte, Sonora).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, 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. "Grusonia kunzei (Rose) Pinkava". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1010426-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Grusonia kunzei". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3956500 ↩
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Native Habitat

SE. California to SW. Arizona and Mexico (Baja California Norte, Sonora)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHWESTERN_USA, MEXICO, MXN_SI, MXN_BS, ARI, MXN_BC, ARI_OO, MXN, CAL, MXN_SO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, CAL_OO; SE. California to SW. Arizona and Mexico (Baja California Norte, Sonora).