Shrub to 2 m tall. Prickles straight or curved and sometimes with bristles. Leaflets 5-7(9), obovate to elliptic, to 3 cm long, teeth simple, hairless above, hairless or downy below; stipules narrow. Flowers few together, pink or occasionally white; summer. Styles free, not protruding. Fruit to 1.5 cm wide, smooth.

W and C 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.