Solitary or clustering, body elongate, to 8.5 cm wide and 30 cm high. Axils white woolly. Tubercles prominent, ovoid. Central spines 2, to 1 cm, brown. Radial spines 8-10, 6-8 mm long, pinkish-red. Flowers pinkish-yellow to purplish-pink, 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.