Weberbauerocereus winterianus grows tree-shaped and reaches a height of 4 to 6 meters.

The trunk branches grow approximately 2 meter long into parallel shoots with a diameter of 5 to 8 cm (2.0 to 3.1 in).

[3] Weberbauerocereus winterianus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of Cajamarca and Ancash.

[4] The specific epithet winterianus honors the nursery owner Hildegard Winter (1893–1975), Friedrich Ritter's sister.

Nomenclature synonym are Haageocereus winterianus (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath (1995) and Echinopsis winteriana (F.Ritter) Molinari & Mayta (2015).