| General Description | A compact dwarf tree or shrub, thing smooth branchlets with green or yellow flowers. |
| Cultivation | Sand and gravely soils. |
| Habitat | Deserts plains, valleys and flats at an altitude of 300-900 m. |
| Leaf Description | Elongate and conical leaves, 9 mm in length with reddish or purplish tan spines, straight and slightly turned downward, 2-4 per aerole and 1-4 cm long. |
| Flower Description | Green or yellow flowers 2.5-4.5 cm in diameter, filaments 6-12 mm long and 2 mm long anthers. |
| Fruit Description | Green fruit with a purple or red hue, fleshy, smooth, spineless and obovoid, 4 x 2 cm, fruit sustained through the winter. |