Solitary or occasionally clustering, body globular, to 10 cm wide. Tubercles prominent, cylindrical to 10 mm long. Axils bare. Central spine solitary (or absent), 12-14 mm long. Radial spines 6-7(-9), 12-14 mm long, upper brown, lower white. Flowers yellow, to 3 cm long and wide. Fruit greenish. [Dolichothele melaleuca (Karw.) Britton & Rose]

Mexico

Source: Thompson, A, ; Forbes, S.; Spencer, R. (1997). Cactaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.