Hoodia flava is a succulent native to the Cape Province in South Africa and to Namibia.

[1] It has a unique pattern of distribution, growing inside bushes or on gravelly slopes and hills.

[3] Leafless and branchless, H. flava grows as cylindrical green stems up to 6 inches in height and 2 inches in diameter, with 20-30 longitudinal ribs of mammillae, each one featuring a thin, brown spine on its crest.

[3] Yellow flowers appear in winter on the youngest parts of the plants near the top.

This plant should be watered during its growing season and then sparsely otherwise.