Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe is a species of spurge

is a species of spurge native to Morocco

slender spine up to half an inch in length

which are actually a form of leaf

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

Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe is a species of spurgeCylindropuntia 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.