Shrub to 2 m tall. Prickles absent or few and with bristles. Leaflets 5-9, elliptic, to about 5 cm long, hairless or downy above and usually downy below, teeth compound. Flowers mostly solitary but sometimes several together, single, deep pink to purplish; late spring to early summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit mostly 2-3 cm wide, more or less ovoid, red, hairless or bristly.

S and C Europe (montane).

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.