Shrubs or trees, 60 dm, branches ± weeping. Stems: twigs: new growth ?green?, pubescent, 1-year old purplish brown under exfoliating wax, older deep dull gray; thorns on twigs ?absent or numerous?, straight to slightly recurved, 1-year old often copper to deep red, 1.5–5 cm. Leaves: petiole length 30–40% blade, roughly pubescent, black-glandular; blade ?dull green, abaxially paler?, oblong-spatulate to cuneate or narrowly obdeltate, 3 cm, thin, ± floppy, base cuneate, lobes 1 or 2 per side distally, well defined, lobe apex acute, margins strongly crenate-serrate almost to bases, densely glandular, ?glands black?, veins (2 or)3 or 4(or 5) per side, apex usually cuspidate, sometimes acute, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent young, main veins and axils hairy; ?on extension shoots larger, relatively wider, more deeply incised?. Inflorescences 3–7-flowered; branches densely short-canescent; bracteoles ?deciduous?, linear, margins short-stipitate-glandular, ?adaxially short-pubescent?. Flowers 15–20 mm diam.; hypanthium tomentose; sepals narrowly triangular, margins glandular-serrate, abaxially pubescent; anther color not recorded; styles 3–5. Pomes ?1–3 per infructescence?, deep red, suborbicular, 10 mm diam., ?punctate?, glabrous; sepals patent to reflexed; pyrenes 3–5.
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