Irregularly branched shrubs; inflorescence long pedunculate; involucral leaves conspicuous, usually red, sometimes yellow; spines not differentiated from grayish brown stem (5. E. subg. Lacanthis).

• 灌木或灌木状的植株；棕色绿色的茎和分枝绿色或，肉质的具刺在翅或有棱上；腋生的杯状聚伞花序，通常近顶生，通常阴阳人(3