Erect shrub to 1 m tall. Prickles few, straight, darkly coloured. Leaflets 5-9, to 3 cm long, hairless above, slightly hairy below, teeth simple. Flowers mostly solitary, 4-6 cm wide, dark pink, fragrant; summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit about 1 cm wide, round, deep red, bristly.

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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.