Shrubby plant eventually growing over 1 m tall. Stems over 10 cm wide with 10-17 tuberculate ribs. Areoles with long, woolly hairs; central spines 1-4, radial spines 8-10. Flowers pale pink with a curved tube; stigmas protruding from the mouth. Fruit spherical, yellowish, opening at the base.

Montane Bolivia & NW Argentina

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.