Plants 1-2 m. Stems erect, pubescent, glandular-bristly; spines at nodes mostly 3, 10-15(-20) mm; prickles on internodes dense. Leaves: petiole 1-2.5 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade broadly ovate, 3-5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 1.5-2.5 cm, base semitruncate or slightly cordate, surfaces abaxially pubescent and sessile-or stipitate-glandular, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins crenate-dentate, apex rounded. Inflorescences pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2-4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular. Pedicels not jointed, 3-6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3-5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium crimson, conic, 2.5-3.5 mm (1/4-1/3 as long as sepals), white-pilose, with red, stalked glands and red bristles; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, reddish purple or greenish purple, oblong-lanceolate, 7-11 mm; petals connivent, erect, white or pinkish to yellow, broadly flabellate-cuneate, often with inrolled margins, 3-4 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 1.5-1.8 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 3-5 mm, glabrous; anthers white or tan, lanceolate-sagittate, 2.5 mm, apex acute, mucronate; ovary somewhat pubescent and strongly purplish glandular-bristly with longer glandless bristles among gland-tipped hairs; styles connate to middle, 6-8 mm, glabrous. Berries not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10-13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly.
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A shrub. It grows 2 m high. Young twigs have bristles. There are usually 3 spines at the nodes. The leaves can be roughish with glandular hairs above. They are 4 cm across. They have 3-5 lobes. They are softly hairy underneath. The flower have purple tubes and the petals are white. The fruit are black.
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