| General Description | Low forming mats or clumps with large terminal, green joints. |
| Cultivation | Sandy soils. |
| Notable Specimens | Chihuahuan Dessert, Texas, United States of America. |
| Habitat | Dessert dunes and flats at an altitude of 700-1,500 m. |
| Leaf Description | Spines are long and generally on the upper areoles, tan or grey with a hue of pink or red, 8-12 per areole, horizontal and straight, 2.5-5 cm in length and 1mm in width. |
| Flower Description | Yellow flowers, with yellow sepaloids, anthers and fillaments, 5 cm in diameter. |
| Fruit Description | Fleshy fruit, spineless, cup-shaped, yellow in colour and atop a short stalk, 4-5.5 x 1.2-4 cm. |