small clump-forming shrubs to 15 cm tall, abundant along gravely slopes; up to two pads high; flowered 27 April 2016, pericarpel 40 x 23 mm, areoles 17, inner tepals pink, obovate, 34-36 x 32-39 mm, style pinkish-white 27 mm, stigma lobes 6, cream-white, filaments red apically, greenish at base