Golden Cholla - I think

Day 12: Snow Canyon State Park, Utah

I nearly backed into this cactus when I was taking a photo - and not paying attention. From what I can work out, it is a Golden Cholla aka Silver Cholla aka Wiggins Cholla aka Cactus Sharpus

[Tony]

Looks like so many arms embracing ??

[Suzanne]

oh that could have been so painful, a butt full of cactus sharpus

[Jane Anderson]

The stories we could tell . . .

[Louise & Ken]

...and I believe *all* cholla are "jumping cholla"! NEVER tangle with them! I one had a piece of (such a cute name...) "Teddy Bear Cholla" go through my canvas tennis shoe and lodge in my foot. Didn't have a way to pull it off my shoe and couldn't take off my shoe because it was stuck into my foot! One doesn't forget times like that...I was in my teens!

[Rachel]

Haha, I could just imagine you sitting on this Terry!

[Connie Little]

Would give a nasty surprise if you backed into it.

[Diana]

Lucky yo did not, it would have been a big mistake!

[Sharon]

Wow and I thought our Scotch Thistles were nasty. Looks very nasty.

[Denise Wood]

Oh what a prickly problem :)

[sally agnew]

It looks lethal :)

[Merrelyn]

That could have ended very badly.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

not one to back into!