Shrub mostly 0.5-1 m tall, usually with prickles and bristles. Leaflets mostly 9-11, elliptic to obovate, shiny and hairless above, downy on veins beneath, teeth simple; stipules narrow. Flowers in lateral clusters of variable flower number, each to 4 cm wide, deep pink; summer. Fruit pear-shaped to round, red.

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Source: Adamson, S.; Bell, R.; Heathcote, R.; Hannemann, D.; Hannemann, F.; Huxley, I.; Newesteeg, J.; Spencer, R.; Sutherland, P. (2002). Rosa. 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.