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|accepted_name=Cylindropuntia davisii
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) F. M. Knuth in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC,
|place=124. 1935
|year=1935
}}
|common_names=Davis cholla
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Opuntia davisii
|authority=Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=3: 305. 1856
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia tunicata var. davisii
|authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) L. D. Benson
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae;Cylindropuntia;Cylindropuntia davisii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cylindropuntia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cylindropuntia davisii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 104, 105, 110
|treatment_page=page 111
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> densely branched, 0.2–0.6 m; roots with elongate, tuberlike swellings. <b>Stem</b> segments easily detached, whorled, obscuring trunks, light green, 4–6 × 0.8–1.2 cm; tubercles prominent, 1–2 cm; areoles subcircular, 2–3.5 mm in diam.; wool tan. <b>Spines</b> 7–13(–21) per areole, at most areoles, spreading, obscuring stems, yellow- to red-brown to nearly black, tipped yellow, subterete to angularly flattened, the longest 1.5–5 cm; sheaths loose fitting, ± yellow to tan, 1.5–2 mm diam. <b>Glochids</b> in adaxial tuft, yellow, 2–4 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals yellow-green, tinged purple-red, aging reddish brown or bronze, spatulate, 15 mm, apiculate; filaments pale green basally to purplish distally; anthers orange-yellow; style cream to pale green, sometimes faint purple-pink distally; stigma lobes very pale green. <b>Fruits</b> usually sterile, often in chains of 2, yellow, top-shaped, 20–30 × 10–20 mm, pulpy, tuberculate, spineless (rarely few-spined); tubercles subequal; umbilicus 5–8 mm deep; areoles 20–35. <b>Seeds</b>, when present, yellow-tan, subcircular, flattened, 3 mm diam., sides smooth; girdle narrow, not protruding. <b>2n</b> = 22, 44 (one count).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring (May–Jun).
|habitat=Grasslands, oak-juniper-mesquite woodlands, plains or slopes, sandy to loamy soils
|elevation=600-1500 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.
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|references=
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name=Cylindropuntia davisii
|authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) F. M. Knuth in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Opuntia tunicata var. davisii
|basionyms=Opuntia davisii
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring (May–Jun).
|habitat=Grasslands, oak-juniper-mesquite woodlands, plains or slopes, sandy to loamy soils
|elevation=600-1500 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC,
|publication year=1935
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
|genus=Cylindropuntia
|species=Cylindropuntia davisii
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