Erect shrub to about 3 m tall. Prickles straight or curved, sometimes flattened. Leaflets 7-13, to 2 cm long, elliptic to obovate, hairless above, hairy below, teeth simple; stipules narrow. Flowers 1-2, semi-double to 5 cm wide, yellow; late spring, early summer. Fruit 1-1.5 cm wide, more or less round, deep red, hairless.

Korea, N China.

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.