Rigid, thorny shrub, up to 2.5 m tall. Leaves in dense clusters, obovate to oblong, 12-24 mm long, semi-succulent. Flowers bisexual, large, bell-to broadly funnel-shaped, 10-14 mm long, off-white with purple veins, lobes purple, reflexed. Berries red, broadly ovoidal to spherical, 8-10 mm diam.