| General Description | Mat forming shrub, widely spreading with larger dark green terminal joints which vigorously grow upwards. Spines are found at the upper part of the joint. This species is striking with its large white mats. |
| Cultivation | Sandy soils. |
| Habitat | Grassland valleys and high plains at an altitude of 1,800-2,400 m. |
| Leaf Description | Spines are straight and daggerlike and intertwined, white in colour, 10-20 per areole, 2.5 cm x 2 mm. |
| Flower Description | Bright yellow flowers, sepaloids a greenish-yellow with the style and stigma lobes white, 3-5x5-6 cm. |
| Fruit Description | Ellipsoid, spineless, smooth and fleshy, yellow in colour, 4 x 1.9-2.2 cm. |