Shrubs or trees, 50 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth greenish, glabrous, 1-year old dark reddish mahogany; bark on younger 2–5 cm thick branches dark gray-brown, sometimes copper-colored; thorns on twigs straight or slightly recurved, 2-years old black, shiny, moderately stout, 2–4 cm. Leaves: petiole 1–2 cm; blade rhombic-elliptic, 3–5 cm, ?length 1.6 times width?, ± coriaceous-shining, base cuneate, lobes 3 or 4 per side, lobe apex acute, margins serrate, teeth very short, venation craspedodromous, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrate, adaxial sparsely pilose young. Inflorescences 5–10-flowered; branches glandular-punctate; bracteoles few to absent, margins sessile-glandular. Flowers 14–18 mm diam.; sepals narrowly triangular, 3–4 mm, margins glandular-serrate, teeth small, apex acute, glabrous; stamens 10, anthers pink-purple to purple; styles 4 or 5. Pomes deep red to vinous purple mature, orbicular, 10 mm diam.; sepals reflexed, 4 mm; pyrenes 3–5, sides excavated.
Sagebrush, pastures, usually along streams; at elevations from 1,700-2,600 metres.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs scarification.
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