Shrubs or trees, 40–70(–100) dm, ?single-trunked?. Stems: twigs: new growth greenish to reddish, glabrous or pubescent; thorns on twigs recurved, often slender, 3–6 cm. Leaves: petiole length 30–35% blade, glabrate to densely hairy, often sparsely glandular; blade ± narrowly ovate, 6–9 cm, base cuneate or ± rounded, lobe apex acuminate, margins serrate or doubly serrate, ?teeth 2 mm?, adaxial usually densely scabrous-pubescent young. Inflorescences: branches usually pubescent, rarely glabrous or tomentose. Flowers: hypanthium usually pubescent; stamens 5–8(–10), anthers pink to rose-purple, sometimes crimson. Pomes bright to deep red, ellipsoid to broadly pyriform, 12–14 mm, usually glabrous; sepals wide-spreading or erose. 2n = 34, 51.
Rich moist hillsides and the borders of streams and swamps. Woodland edges, old pastures, fencerows; at elevations up to 300 metres.
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