Shrubs, 10–30(–80) dm. Stems: twigs: new growth glabrous, 1-year old dark gray; thorns on twigs slightly reflexed, 2-years old blackish, usually stout, 3–6 cm. Leaves: petiole 2–5 mm, length 7–11% blade, glabrous, eglandular; blade (on extension shoots) ± orbiculate to broadly elliptic, (on short shoots) ± orbiculate to broadly oblong-elliptic, 2–6 cm, very coriaceous, base broadly cuneate, lobes 0, margins serrulate in distal 1/2, venation semicamptodromous, veins 5 or 6 per side, apex subacute to obtuse, surfaces sparsely hairy young, glabrescent. Inflorescences 8–15-flowered; branches usually glabrous; bracteoles linear, ?small?, margins short-stipitate-glandular. Flowers 8–12 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous, sometimes slightly pilose; sepals 4 mm, margins subentire, abaxially glabrous; stamens 10–15(–20), anthers cream, rose, or red; styles (2 or)3–5. Pomes red to orange-red, suborbicular, 10 mm diam., glabrous; sepals ?persistent?, patent or reflexed; pyrenes (1–)3–5.
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A shrub or small tree. It has many branches and forms thickets. The crown is rounded. It grows 7 m high. The trunk is 10 cm wide. The bark is grey to orange-brown. It is scaly. The leaves are 3-4 cm long and 2-2.5 cm wide. They are narrowly oval and rounded at the tip. There is a short point at the base. There are double teeth along the edge. The leaves are shiny and dark green above and dull and paler underneath. The flowers are 12 mm wide and have 5 white petals. The fruit are 10 mm across. They are shiny and dull red with dark red dots.
Rocky or sandy ground on slopes or in drainage ways. Mesic areas in grasslands, by streams, brush; at elevations from 20-200 metres.
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Temperate. It grows in moist soils along streams and on rocky hillsides.
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