Beautiful Cholla

Micropuntia pulchella

Micropuntia pulchella (Engelm.) M.P.Griff. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHWESTERNUSA, UTAOO, NEVOO, CAL, UTA, NEV, CALOO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; E. California to W. Utah.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. "Micropuntia pulchella (Engelm.) M.P.Griff.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60426930-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Micropuntia pulchella". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3942895
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Native Habitat

E. California to W. Utah

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHWESTERN_USA, UTA_OO, NEV_OO, CAL, UTA, NEV, CAL_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; E. California to W. Utah.