Solitary, body elongate, 6-7 cm wide and to 20 cm high without milky sap. Tubercles prominent, conical. Axils white woolly and bristly. Central spines 7-15, 20 mm long, whitish or yellowish, occasionally one with tip hooked. Radial spines 18-25, to 10 mm long, yellowish or brownish. Flowers purplish pink, 15 mm long and wide. Fruit purplish.

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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.