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Spine shields to 2.2 mm, triangular, formed by the expanded bases of the spines which sometimes remain separated below the leaf scar; spines 2.5–5 mm long, widely divergent; prickles minute.
Spiny succulent dwarf perennial, from a flattish irregularly-shaped woody tuber to c. 30 cm in diameter and c. 5 cm thick.
Cyathia c. 4 × 5 mm, with funnel-shaped involucres; glands 1.5 × 3 mm, ovate, touching; lobes c. 2 × 2 mm, broadly ovate.
Female flower (immature): pedicel 1.75 mm long; styles 2–2.5 mm long, free almost to the base, apices shortly bifid.
Leaves 15–25(55) × 5–15 mm, narrowly obovate, narrowing into a petiole-like base, fleshy, persistent.
Cymes solitary, simple; peduncle and cyme branches 1 mm long; bracts c. 3 × 2.5 mm, oblong.
Male flowers c. 20: bracteoles c. 2.5 mm long, filiform; stamens c. 5 mm long.
Capsule and seeds not seen.
Stems short, subterranean.
