Solitary or eventually clustering, body elongate, wide 5-6 cm and 12 cm high, with milky sap. Axils woolly. Tubercles prominent. Central spines 4, 10-15 mm long, brown. Radial spines 20, 4-6 mm long, white, fine. Flowers purple-pink or pink with darker central stripe, 1.5 cm long. 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.