This candelabrum-form shrub is from the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and southern Namibia, with a distribution that roughly straddles the Orange River in much of its western arid and semiarid reaches. A resident of rocky hillslopes, this species typically has 5-angled stems that are yellow-green and densely spined with a continuous spine shield. The cyathia are yellow. These plants are seedlings in 4-inch pots.