Deciduous shrub or small tree to 8 m or so tall. Leaves more or less lanceolate to obovate, 6-12 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, tip pointed, margin finely toothed. Leaf stalk about 1 cm long. Flower cluster terminal or axillary, 2-3 cm long and about 5 cm wide. Flowers about 7-9 mm wide; early summer. Fruit ovoid, about 6 mm long, deep red.

P. villosa (Thunb.) DC. from Japan, China and Korea is occasionally cultivated; it has smaller leaves that have characteristic shaggy hair below.

China.

VIC: Dandenongs (Alfred Nicholas Gds).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Rosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.