A freely clustering cactus with miniature pads. It forms a dense shrub, up to 2′ high and up to 5′ across. It has no spines, but instead has numerous white hair-like glochids in dense clusters. Flowers are lemon yellow in color and up to 2″ in diameter, followed by red fruits.

Source: World of Succulents

Native and endemic to central and northern Mexico.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae

                         – Wikipedia.