Xerophyte

Central Spines

Usually absent, sometimes one erect.

Seeds

0.8 mm in diameter, dark brown to black, tuberculate, with small pale hilum.

Flowers

Wine red, carmine-red or deep salmon-pink, shiny, to 5 cm long and 4-4.5 cm in diameter lasting approx 4 days..

Ribs

(6-)11-13, broad. obtuse, sharply angled.

Stem

flattened globose, dull grey-green to to bluish green, 6-8(-10) cm high and 7-9(-12) cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

Usually 5(-7), reddish grey with dark tips, stout, straight to slightly curved inward, to 1.5-2 cm long, pinkish at first, later grey.

Fruits

Ovoid, green.