Stems erect or ascending, 20-70 mm long, 20-25 mm thick, 16-20 angled; tubercles conical, about 3 mm long. Leaves up to 4 mm long, awl-shaped, persisting as hard, whitish bristles. Flowers almost sessile; tube 1-1.5 mm deep, corolla 6-7 mm wide, broadly campanulate, yellow-brown or chestnut inside, lobes ascending, triangular, slightly recurved, margins reflexed, sometimes with hairs, hairs short, translucent. Corona yellow, cup-shaped, deeply indented opposite the short, rectangular inner lobes. obtusely pentagonal,
Habitat: Acacia-Commiphora bushland, evergreen bushland, or Juniperus forest. 600-1400 m. Known only from N1.