Shrubs or trees, 30–60 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth canescent, 1-year old reddish brown, older ± pale gray; thorns on twigs absent or few, straight or slightly curved, 1-year old silver-black, slender, 2.5–6 cm. Leaves: petiole 0.7–1.5 cm, length 18–25% blade, densely pubescent young, glabrescent, sparsely sessile-glandular; blade rhombic-elliptic, 4–6 cm (3–4 cm at anthesis), 1.5–2 times as long as wide, base cuneate, lobes 3 or 4 per side, lobe apex acute, margins serrate, ?teeth gland-tipped?, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent, densely pubescent on veins young, adaxial scabrous-pubescent young. Inflorescences 6–12-flowered; branches densely canescent; bracteoles membranous or ± herbaceous, margins glandular. Flowers 20–22 mm diam.; hypanthium canescent; sepal margins glandular-serrate, abaxially sparsely pubescent; stamens 20, anthers yellow or cream; styles 5. Pomes red, suborbicular, 10 mm diam. (dry), glabrous, short-pubescent at base and apex; sepals ± eroded (in specimen seen); pyrenes 3–5.
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