Clustering, body globular, 2-3.5 cm wide, without milky sap. Axils with up to 12 bristles. Tubercles obscure, cylindrical. Central spines 8-9, 6 mm long, white (or reddish), one with tip hooked. Radial spines 35-40, 8 mm long, white, fine. Flowers whitish or yellowish, 1.5 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Fruit red.

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.