Shrub with thin, hairy stems growing to about 1 m tall. Prickles, thin, straight, yellow, generally paired and combined with bristles. Leaflets 3-5, with star-shaped hairs at least on the lower surface, teeth mostly simple. Flowers solitary, single, pink to red or purple; summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit to about 2 cm wide, redbrown, bristly.

SW USA.

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.