Leaves sessile; lamina oblanceolate, (25-)35-40(-50) x 5-8(-10) mm, spines rigid, 3-6(-9) mm long; base usually auriculate with long, rigid spines. Inflorescences subsessile to shortly pedunculate, globose to cylindrical or slightly turbinate when in fruit, (25-)30-40(-45) mm long, 10-15 mm in diameter; peduncle up to 5 mm long, with 2(or 3) pairs of peduncular bracts. Bracts obovate, 16-32(-38) mm long, lamina 12-14(-15) mm long; lower bracts ending in 3-5(-7) primary spines, central primary spine always simple, spreading. Corolla 26-27 x 10-11 mm, tube 8-9 mm long; central lobe usually wider than long, constricted at base, truncate to emarginate. Filaments 6-7(-8) mm long, glandular, hairy towards the base; anthers orange-brown.
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