Shrubs, 20–30 dm. Stems: twigs ± flexuous, new growth ?olive green?, sparsely pubescent, 1-year old reddish brown, ?pubescent?, older dark gray-brown, ?glabrous?; thorns on twigs straight or recurved, 2-years old dark gray-brown, slender, 3–4 cm. Leaves: petiole length 20–25% blade, winged distally, pubescent, sessile-glandular; blade rhombic-elliptic or broadly elliptic, 1.5–4 cm, ?widest near midpoint?, ± coriaceous, base sharply constricted, lobes 0 or apiculi, sinuses very shallow, lobe apex acute, margins crenate or serrate, teeth obtuse gland-tipped, veins 3 or 4 per side, apex obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial pilose young, glabrescent. Inflorescences 3–6-flowered; branches ± densely pilose; bracteoles caducous, linear, margins glandular. Flowers 13–15 mm diam.; hypanthium pilose (at least proximally); sepals narrowly triangular, ?4 mm?, margins glandular-serrate, ?midvein sometimes prominent, abaxially sparsely pubescent?; stamens 10, anthers ivory to cream; styles 3–5. Pomes red or reddish orange, orbicular, 9–15 mm diam., sparsely hairy; sepals patent-reflexed; pyrenes 3–5.
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