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Life form2, 3: cactus, tall columnar
Habitat: bajadas, rocky slopes
leaf presence3: always leafless
leaf format3: leafless
Flower color2: white or whitish
Flowering period2: May to June,
Armament2, 3: short straight spines
Family1, 2, 3: Cactaceae (cactus family)
Synonym(s)1: Cereus giganteus
Status: abundant,widespread
Locations where collected or observed:
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Tinajas Altas area
Ajo vicinity and BLM land
Barry M. Goldwater Range
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Yuma area and southeastern California
*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:
- 1 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
- 2 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
- 3 Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
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