Shrubs, 30–50 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth densely pubescent, 1-year old tan to chestnut, ?± shiny?, older gray; thorns on twigs few to numerous, 2-years old shiny, very dark brown to black, ± slender, 2–3 cm. Leaves: petiole length 25% blade, densely pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade mid green, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 3–6 cm, base cuneate, lobes 0 or obscure, margins glandular-serrate, teeth to 1.5 mm, ?proximal teeth stipitate-glandular?, veins 5–7 per side, apex acute to subacute, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent or glabrous, veins hairy, adaxial ?shiny?, scabrous. Inflorescences 3–10-flowered, arising proleptically (subterminal on perennial short shoots); branches densely villous; bracteoles caducous, linear, 4–8 mm, herbaceous to membranous, margins stipitate-glandular. Flowers (15–)20–23 mm diam.; hypanthium tomentose; sepals narrowly triangular, ?6–7 mm?, margins glandular-pectinate, ?abaxially pilose?; stamens 20(–25), anthers cream, sometimes pink; styles 3(–5) (with bristly hairs at bases). Pomes orange-red to deep red, 10–14 mm diam., densely short-pubescent; sepals patent-incurved; pyrenes 3(–5). 2n = 68.
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