[2] Browningia hertlingiana grows like a tree with several side shoots and reaches heights of 5 to 6 meters.

The columnar, light blue-green, upright shoots have a diameter of up to 30 centimeters.

The thorns of the vegetative shoot part emerging from the areoles are yellowish-grey.

The flowering part of the shoot has up to 30 bendable, yellowish and bristle-like thorns.

[3] Browningia hertlingiana is common in the Peruvian regions of Huancavelica and Ayacucho in the valley of the Río Mantaro and the Río Apurímac at altitudes of 1800 to 2000 meters.