Parodia schumanniana ndi chomera chosatha cha globular to columnar chokhala ndi mainchesi pafupifupi 30 cm ndi kutalika mpaka 1.8 metres.Nthiti zodziwika bwino za 21-48 ndizowongoka komanso zakuthwa.Mitundu yofanana ndi bristle, yolunjika mpaka yopindika pang'ono poyambira imakhala yachikasu chagolide, imasanduka bulauni kapena yofiira ndi imvi pambuyo pake.Msana umodzi kapena itatu wapakati, womwe nthawi zina sungakhalepo, ndi mainchesi 1 mpaka 3 kutalika.Maluwa amaphuka m'chilimwe.Ndi mandimu-chikasu mpaka chikasu chagolide, ndi mainchesi pafupifupi 4.5 mpaka 6.5 cm.Zipatsozo ndi zozungulira mpaka ovoid, zokutidwa ndi ubweya wandiweyani komanso ma bristles ndipo zimakhala ndi mainchesi mpaka 1.5 centimita.Amakhala ndi njere zofiira zofiirira mpaka pafupifupi zakuda, zomwe zimakhala zosalala komanso kutalika kwa mamilimita 1 mpaka 1.2.
