Shrubs, 20–50 dm, ?multi-stemmed?. Stems: ?compound thorns on trunks present?; twigs: new growth appressed-pubescent, 1–2-years old brown, older gray; thorns on twigs ± straight, 2-years old dark gray or blackish, ± thin, 2–4 cm. Leaves: blade broadly elliptic, 3–8(–10) cm, base cuneate to rounded or truncate, entire or lobes 1–3(or 4) per side, sinuses shallow, lobe apex subacute to acute, margins serrulate ?teeth 1 mm, 10 per cm?, gland-tipped, veins 5–7 per side, apex acute, abaxial surface pubescent young, only abaxial veins pubescent when old, adaxial appressed-pubescent young. Inflorescences 2–6(–12)-flowered, on leafy short shoots of season, arising lateral to extension shoots, also from woody short shoots; bracteoles caducous to semipersistent, membranous to herbaceous. Flowers 25–30 mm diam.; sepals triangular, 8–10 mm; stamens 30–45(–47); styles 4. Pomes ruddy to deep or bright red, sometimes coral red, suborbicular to obovoid. 2n = 34, 51, 68.
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