Prickles absent or paired at the nodes, sometimes with bristles. Leaflets 5-9, more or less obovate to oblong, to about 6 cm long, hairless above and below except sometimes on the midrib, teeth simple. Flowers in clusters, single, pale to dark pink, fragrant; summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit 1-1.5 cm wide, red, hairless to bristly.

E 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.