Trailing or climbing shrub. Prickles curved. Leaflets 5-9, elliptic to almost round, hairless above and mostly below, except sometimes on midrib, teeth simple; stipules broad. Flowers in clusters, single, white, fragrant; summer. Styles united and protruding. Fruit 1-1.5 cm wide, red.

Taiwan, E China, Korea, 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.