[2] Lobivia obrepanda usually grows singly and occasionally forms small groups as it gets older.

The depressed, spherical, dark or gray-green shoots reach a diameter of up to 20 centimeters.

The one to three central spines, which can occasionally be missing, are curved at the tip and 2 to 5 centimeters long.

[3] Lobivia obrepanda distributed in the Bolivian departments of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Chuquisaca at low to high altitudes.

[4] The specific epithet obrepanda is derived from the Latin words ob- for 'reverse' and repandus for 'dissolute' and refers to the humps of the ribs.