Shrub mostly 1-2 m tall, with arching stems. Prickles absent or few paired at the nodes, occasionally with bristles. Leaflets 5-7, elliptic to ovate, hairless above, downy beneath. Flowers few together, single, pink to purple-pink; summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit about 1 cm wide, round to ovoid, red, orange or purplish, hairless.

W North America.

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.