[1] Matucana huagalensis usually grows solitary and only rarely sprouts with flattened, spherical to broadly cylindrical, green shoots and reaches heights of up to 25 cm (9.8 in) with a diameter of 15 cm (5.9 in).

The slightly crooked flowers are light pink to almost white.

[3] The specific epithet huagalensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Hacienda Hugal.

Rob Bregman and his co-authors placed the species in the genus Matucana in 1988.

[4] A nomenclature synonym is Submatucana huagalensis (Donald & A.B.Lau) hort.