Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cleistocactus Species: Cleistocactus strausii)

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)

Cactus flower

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
With Photographing Nature class
January 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Cactus flower close up

Silver torch or wooly torch Cleistocactus strausii
Family: Cactaceae
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
October 8, 2019

Straussed out

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
With Photographing Nature class
April 14, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Cactus floral

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford

Red flower

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
March 3, 2013

Red flowers rotated

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
March 3, 2013

Cactus flower

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Family: Cactaceae
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
January 2, 2012
Canon 50D

Cactus

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Family: Cactaceae
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
January 2, 2012
Canon 50D

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Family: Cactaceae
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
January 2, 2012
Canon 50D

Cactus flower

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii)
Family: Cactaceae
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford

See also

Hedgehog cactus (Echinopsis)

California barrel cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)

Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris)

Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii)

Lava cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)

Silver torch or wooly torch (Cleistocactus strausii) - separate page

Cholla (Cylindropuntia)

Prickly pear (Opuntia)

Nightblooming Cereus (Peniocereus greggii)

Modified: October 19, 2019
Created: October 19, 2019 (from cactus.html)
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