Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe fast-growing

fast-growing

slender spine up to half an inch in length

leading Puebla into what is called the "golden age" of Talavera pottery (from 1650 to 1750)

silver-green leaves with white spines on the leaf edge

Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe fast-growingCylindropuntia ramosissima is a decumbent or erect and treelike cactus that can approach 2 meters 6 feet in maximum height. It has many narrow branches made up of cylindrical segments, green in color drying gray, the surface divided into squarish, flat tubercles with few or no spines, or often with a single long, straight spine. The flower is small and orange, pink, or brownish in color. The fruit is a small, dry, spiny body up to 2 centimeters long.