| General Description | Small trees with small trunks and longer branches, moderately covered in spines not obscuring the branches. |
| Cultivation | Gravelly soils. |
| Habitat | Desert hillsides and alluvial fans at an altitude of 300-450 m. |
| Leaf Description | Longer branches moderately covered but not obscured with pinkish-tan or pale yellow spines, spines turn black with maturity. |
| Flower Description | Light green or yellow flowers streaked with lavender, 2.4-4 cm in diameter, green filaments, 6 mm long and 5 thick stigmas, 3 mm in length. |
| Fruit Description | Yellow or greenish-yellow, fleshy, tuberculate, 2 x 0.9 cm. |