Shrubs or trees, 50 dm, branches ± weeping. Stems: ?ultimate twigs relatively stout?; twigs: new growth densely appressed-canescent, 2–3-years old dark gray or gray-brown; thorns on twigs ?absent or numerous?, straight, 2-years old purple-brown, slender, 3–4 cm. Leaves: petiole length 20–35% blade, densely appressed-hairy young, glandular; blade ± obovate-spatulate, 2.3–3.5 cm, thin, base gradually tapered, lobes 2 per side, ?subterminal?, sinuses shallow (LII 15–20%), lobe apex acute, margins glandular-serrate, veins 2 or 3 per side, apex acuminate, abaxial surface ± persistently pubescent, adaxial densely tomentose, ± glabrate. Inflorescences 2–4-flowered; branches densely appressed-pubescent; bracteoles ?deciduous?, linear, margins glandular, ?adaxially short-pubescent?. Flowers 13–16 mm diam.; hypanthium densely pubescent; sepals narrow, ?3 mm?, margins glandular-serrate, abaxially pubescent; anthers ivory; styles 4 or 5. Pomes bright orange-red or reddish, orbicular, 8–12 mm diam., glabrate to slightly pubescent; sepals reflexed; pyrenes 4 or 5.
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