Plants 1-2 m. Stems erect, villous, stipitate-glandular, gla-brescent; spines at nodes 3, 5-10 mm; prickles on internodes absent. Leaves: petiole 2-4 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade roundish, 3-5-lobed, cleft 1/4-1/3 to midrib, 2-4 cm, base cordate, surfaces puberulent, stipitate-glandular, lobes oblong to cuneate, sides parallel, margins crenate, apex rounded or deltate. Inflorescences pendent, solitary flowers or 2-3-flowered racemes, 4-8 cm (nearly as long as leaves), axis pubescent, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. Pedicels not jointed, 6-8 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3-5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium reddish, campanulate, 5-7 mm (1/2 as long as sepals), pubescent, stipitate-glandular; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, maroon, lanceolate, 7-8 mm; petals connivent, erect, pinkish white, oblong, inrolled, 2-5 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 7-8 mm, glabrous; anthers maroon, lanceolate, somewhat sagittate, 3 mm, apex apiculate; ovary densely glandular-bristly; styles connate 3/8 their lengths, 12-20 mm, glabrous. Berries palatable, purple, globose, 15-20 mm, bristles stiff, mostly glandular, some eglandular.
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