Shrubs or trees, often suckering, 10–150 dm, not thorny. Twigs with terminal end buds, glabrous or hairy. Leaves deciduous; petiole 3–12 mm, glabrous or hairy, usually eglandular, rarely glandular distally, ?glands discoid?; blade elliptic, oblong, oblanceolate, or obovate, (1.5–)2–6(–8) × 1–3(–4.2) cm, base cuneate, margins crenate to serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex usually rounded to obtuse, rarely acute, surfaces glabrous or downy, abaxial often hairier. Inflorescences (3–)6–12-flowered, corymbs or racemes; central axes (5–)9–30 mm. Pedicels 3–12(–18) mm (subtended by leafy bracts), glabrous or hairy. Flowers blooming at leaf emergence; hypanthium obconic, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous or hairy externally; sepals reflexed, oblong, 1.5–2 mm, margins entire, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes hairy abaxially; petals white, elliptic to obovate, 3–8 mm; ovaries glabrous or with scattered hairs. Drupes bright red, globose to ovoid, 7–14 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones ellipsoid, not flattened.
Gravelly or sandy soil along streams, rocky mountain slopes, subalpine, thickets on exposed sites, cutover and burned areas, understory of conifer and oak forests; at elevations up to 3,000 metres.
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