Shrub to 5 m tall with arching or scrambling stems. Prickles numerous, small, bent downwards. Leaflets mostly 7-9, obovate to elliptic, hairless above, sometimes hairy below, teeth simple. Flowers in branched clusters, single, to 3 cm wide, creamy white to pink, fragrant; summer. Styles united, protruding. Fruit ovoid to round, red.

Japan, Korea.

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.