Xerophyte

Habit

The plants commonly forming large clumps, branching both basally and laterally, grows slowly up to 70 cm high and 1-3 m in diameter.

Central Spines

Subulate, 1(3) 1-4 cm long.

Flowers

30-45 mm long yellow.

Ribs

13-26, obtuse, 12-15 mm tall.

Stem

Grey to green 8-20 cm in diameter with woolly ocher-coloured apexes.

Radial Spines

4-6, 5-40 mm long yellowish-white, to honey yellow, glassy, often taking a tan colouring.

Areoles

6-10 mm in diameter, 3-6 mm apart.