"Cristate Arm" Saguaro's Click on one of the counties below to see the "Cristate Arm" saguaros in that county
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These beautful "cristate arm" saguaros are mutants and don't reside on top of a saguaro main trunk, but are at the end of an arm. Otherwise their characteristics are the same as a crested saguaro.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cristate \Cris"tate\ (kr?s"t?t), a. [L. ctistatus, fr. crista crest.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Crested.

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 Mutate v
1: cause to undergo mutation; of cells
2: undergo mutation; "cells mutate"