Mirabella minensis grows as a shrub with sprawling and numerously branched, blue-green shoots that later turn grey-green.

The circular areoles are covered with short to long, white or brown wool.

The 3 to 6 needle-like and spreading yellow thorns are reddish brown at their base.

[3] Cereus mirabella is found in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the Caatinga scrub on sandy soil.

After the transfer to the genus Cereus, it was not possible to keep the species name because it was already in use (today Cipocereus minensis).