Citation: Schumann, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9:149 (1899).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Erect shrub free-branching, 1-2 m high; joints obovate, light-green, to 21 cm long, 5-8.5 cm wide; spines 0 or rarely 1, light-coloured, glochids yellowish.

Flowers orange, to 8 cm.

Fruit conical, to 7 cm long, dark-purple.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to Paraguay. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: not available.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available