Solitary or eventually clustering, body globular or elongate, to 3-4 cm wide, root turnip-like, without milky sap. Tubercles obscure. Axils woolly. Central spines 1(-3), 10-12 mm long, red-brown, tip hooked. Radial spines 16-20, 5-8 mm long, grey. Flowers whitish or pinkish with pink central stripe, 1.5 cm long and wide. Fruit red.

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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.