Shrub to 2 m tall, waxy at first. Prickles scattered, narrow, straight, yellow, wide. Leaflets 5-9, elliptic to obovate, waxy and hairless above, slightly downy below, teeth mostly simple. Flowers mostly solitary, slightly fragrant, pink (sometimes white at the base) to pale lilac; summer. Fruit about 2 cm wide, round to long-necked, smooth or bristly.

Himalayas 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.