From the northeastern parts of South Africa, we guess that this species earns its epithet from its resemblance to something from the genus Stapelia. It isnt the typically Huernia-like stems, which are light green and lined with tubercles. Instead, the flower is large and multicolored, dominantly red and yellow-colored, and although the flower looks superficially like it has the requisite 5 lobes to be in the genus Stapelia, another 5 small vestigial petals place it into Huernia. These plants are seedlings in 3-inch pots.