Trailing, arching or climbing shrub. Prickles small, dispersed. Leaflets 3-5, to 6 cm long, linear to lanceolate, hairless above, downy below, margins wavy, teeth simple; stipules narrow. Flowers clustered, single, to about 2 cm wide, pale pink to white; summer. Styles united, protruding. Fruits 5-7 mm wide, round, red.

Garden origin (Japan).

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.