Shrubs erect, 1–2(–3) m tall. Branchlets brown or reddish brown, angular, thinly pubescent when young, gradually glabrescent, with slightly curved prickles. Leaves simple; petiole 2–5 cm, pilose, with minute prickles, stipules linear, 6–8 mm, thinly pubescent or subglabrous; blade ovate to narrowly ovate, 5–12 × 5–8 cm, palmately 5-veined, abaxially pubescent and with minute prickles along veins, adaxially subglabrous, base cordate or subtruncate, margin palmately 3–5-lobed; lobes ovate or narrowly obovate, terminal lobe usually acuminate, lateral leaflets acute, irregularly incised-serrate. Inflorescences terminal, rarely axillary, short racemes or flowers several in cluster, 3–5 cm; bracts linear, 4–7 mm, slightly pubescent. Pedicel 5–10 mm, pubescent. Flowers 1–1.5 cm in diam. Calyx abaxially thinly pubescent, subglabrous in fruit; sepals ovate-triangular or ovate, 6–9 × 3–5 mm, apex acuminate. Petals white, elliptic or oblong, 7–9 × 4–5 mm, base puberulous and long clawed, margin erose or slightly undulate. Stamens erect, much shorter than petals; filaments broad, complanate. Pistils numerous, slightly shorter than stamens; style and ovary glabrous. Aggregate fruit yellow to dark red, subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diam., glabrous, lustrous; pyrenes rugose. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Sep. 2n = 14*, 21*, 28*.
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A shrub. It grows 2.4 m high and spreads 1.5 m wide. The leaves are deeply lobed. The flowers are small and white. The fruit are large, juicy and bright red.
Waste ground and clearings in mountains. Sunny thickets on slopes, forest margins, ravines and roadsides; at elevations from 300-2,500 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. In north China it grows between 300-2,500 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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