Grusonia parishii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Grusonia parishii (Orcutt) Pinkava

Matted cholla

2015 Steve McWilliams

2020 Jenna Moore

2023 Lynn Sweet

2024 Manzanita Dictionary

2012 James M. Andre

Grusonia parishii is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Opuntia parishii

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~79 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Grusonia
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


iNat	Corynopuntia parishii
PLANTS	Opuntia emoryi
JEF + PLANTS	Opuntia parishii
JEF + PLANTS	Opuntia stanlyi var. parishii
JEF	Opuntia stanlyi

Information about Grusonia parishii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (GRPA11) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/03/2024).