Shrub to 3 m tall. Prickles large, straight or curved, sometimes with bristles. Leaflets 5-7, to about 4 cm long, waxy, ovate, hairless, teeth simple. Flowers single or in clusters of up to 12, pink with white at the base; summer. Fruit 1-1.5 cm wide, roundish, red, hairless or with a few bristles. Syn. R. rubrifolia Vill.

Montane C and S Europe.

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.