Shrub to about 3 m tall with thin stems. Prickles large, straight. Leaflets 9-13, to 2 cm long, elliptic to obovate, hairless above, glands below, teeth compound, aromatic when crushed. Flowers solitary, single, to about 4 cm wide, yellow; late spring to early summer. Fruit 1-1.5 cm wide, roundish, reddish to reddish purple, hairless.

N China to Russia.

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.