More or less erect shrub to 5 m tall. Leaves in whorls on the short lateral shoots, elliptic to lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, margin mostly entire, mostly waxy-green below, sometimes with some grey hair, tip pointed. Flowers in downy clusters; late spring to early summer. Fruit 6-8 mm wide, becoming deep red in summer. Syn. P. gibbsii A.B. Jacks.

W China.

Leaves mostly entire, broadest at or near the middle.

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.