Open shrub to about 4 m tall. Prickles absent or numerous and 3-angled, combined with bristles. Leaflets 7-11, elliptic, to 5 cm long, hairless above, downy on veins below, teeth compound. Flowers few, single, bright pink; summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit red-orange, elongated, 2-3 cm long, bristly.

N and W China.

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.