Rose, J. 1892. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club: 19: 92.
Original Description
What is Cylindropuntia bernardina?
Cylindropuntia bernardina is an erect cholla growing to 2 m tall occurring mainly in chaparral, oak scrub, juniper woodlands, plains, and hills of the Transverse and Peninsular mountain ranges of southern California and their intervening valleys.
Details
Please see Cylindropuntia californica for the discussion of C. californica var. parkeri. C. bernardina, the San Bernardino cholla, is syn0nymous with C. california var parkeri.