Shrub to 3 m tall. Prickles unequal and broadly based, usually with bristles. Leaflets 5-9, to 4 cm long, elliptic to obovate, few hairs above, downy below, teeth compound. Flowers solitary or few, single, dark yellow, unpleasant-smelling. Fruit round, to 1 cm wide, sometimes bristly.

Possibly an ancient natural hybrid.

SW and C 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.