Pelecyphora chihuahuensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico.

Pelecyphora chihuahuensis usually grows singly, but sometimes with several shoots and has tuberous roots.

[3] Pelecyphora chihuahuensis is found in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Durango.

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1923.

[4] The specific epithet chihuahuensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.