Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe slender spine up to half

slender spine up to half an inch in length

xeriscaping

but as is typical for Opuntia species

silver-green leaves with white spines on the leaf edge

which are actually a form of leaf

Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe slender spine up to halfCylindropuntia 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.