Body solitary or occasionally clustering, mostly shortly cylindrical to about 10 cm tall. Ribs 12-15, well defined, sometimes wavy. Areoles with central spine having a distinctive pale hooked tip. Flowers yellow with red throat. Fruit bright red with white flesh. [Ferocactus setispinus (Engelm.) Benson]

NE 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.