Shrubs or trees, 80 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth reddish, 1-year old deep reddish brown, 2-years old dark gray-brown, older deep gray; thorns on twigs straight to recurved, 2-years old very dark reddish brown or blackish, ± slender, 2.5–3.5 cm. Leaves: petiole length 50% blade, eglandular or with a few small glands; blade ± deltate to narrowly ovate, 2.5–5 cm, thin, base rounded to broadly cuneate, lobes 3 or 4 per side, sinuses shallow, lobe apex acute, margins serrate, ?teeth numerous, 2 mm?, veins 5 per side, apex acute, surfaces glabrous, adaxial sparsely hairy young, especially midvein. Inflorescences 4–8-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles ?numerous, small?, margins sessile-or stipitate-glandular. Flowers 15 mm diam.; sepals triangular, 4 mm, margins entire, pubescence not recorded; stamens 20, anthers pink to crimson, 0.3–0.4 mm; styles 4. Pomes greenish or greenish with pale blush young, ruddy to dull dark red when ripe, 6–10 mm diam., ± pruinose; sepals conspicuous, spreading; pyrenes 4.
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