[2] Soehrensia thelegonoides grows as a shrub with prostrate, upright, 3 to 6 meter long shoots.

Yellow to brownish, bristle-like thorns emerge from the areoles and turn gray with age.

The funnel-shaped, white, fragrant flowers appear on the sides or near the tips of the shoots and open at night.

[3] Soehrensia thelegonoides is common in the Argentine province of Jujuy on dry slopes at altitudes of 500 to 2000 meters.

[4] The specific epithet thelegonoides is derived from the Greek word -oides for 'resemble' and refers to the similarity of the species to Soehrensia thelegona.