Shrubs, usually suckering, 5–30(–50) dm, ± thorny. Twigs with axillary end buds, hairy. Leaves deciduous; petiole 8–16 mm, usually hairy on both surfaces, sometimes only on adaxial surface, usually glandular distally, glands 1–4; blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, ?usually folded along midribs?, 3.5–7.5 × 1.5–3.5 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins singly to doubly crenate-serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex usually acuminate, sometimes acute, abaxial surface glabrous or ± hairy along midribs and veins, adaxial glabrous. Inflorescences 1–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles. Pedicels 4–14 mm, hairy. Flowers blooming at leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2–2.5 mm, hairy externally; sepals erect to reflexed, ovate, 1.5–2 mm, margins glandular-toothed, abaxial surface glabrate or hairy, adaxial densely hairy at bases; petals white, obovate, 4–8 mm; ovaries glabrous. Drupes red with white dots, ?slightly to quite glaucous?, globose, 10–18 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones ovoid, ± flattened.
Rocky stream banks, canyons, dry washes, fence rows; at elevations from 500-1,500 metres.
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