Lobivia tegeleriana grows singly or sometimes forms small groups.

Ten to twelve horn-colored, slightly curved thorns emerge from them, have a darker tip and are 1 in 2 centimeters long.

The red to orange or yellow flowers have a more or less pink-orange throat and appear on the sides of the shoots.

[2] Lobivia tegeleriana is widespread in the Peruvian regions of Lima, Junín, Huancavelica and Ayacucho at altitudes above 3000 meters.

[3] The specific epithet tegeleriana honors the Hamburg government councilor Wilhelm Tegeler.