Small or climbing shrub. Prickles few, flat and scattered or absent. Leaves evergreen. Leaflets 3-5, to 6 cm long, ovate to lanceolate, glossy above, hairy on midrib below, teeth simple, stipules narrow. Flowers solitary or in clusters, single or semi-double, to 5 cm wide, pink to deep red, fragrant; summer to autumn. Styles free, protruding slightly. Fruit to 2 cm wide, more or less egg-shaped, brown to red.

Garden origin (China).

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.