Shrubs, 8–25 dm, unarmed. Stems erect, sparsely short-hairy, glabrescent, eglandular, not pruinose. Leaves deciduous, simple; stipules lanceolate, 4–6 mm; blade cordate to broadly ovate, (2–)2.5–4(–5) × (2.5–)3.5–4.5(–5.5) cm, base deeply cordate, 3–5-lobed, lobe apices acute to obtuse, margins coarsely doubly dentate, abaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular. Inflorescences 1-flowered. Pedicels moderately hairy, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular. Flowers bisexual; petals white, obovate, (15–)20–25 mm; filaments filiform; ovaries glabrous, ?styles clavate, villous?. Fruits deep red, hemispheric, to 1 cm; drupelets 10–30, coherent, separating from torus.
Dry, rocky slopes; at elevations from 300-400 metres. Forming thickets along the sides of streams at elevations from 300-1,400 metres.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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