Deciduous hairless shrub to about 2 m tall. New shoots reddish. Leaves broadly ovate to obovate or round, to about 2.5 cm long, mostly with a few rounded teeth at the tip or occasionally entire. Flowers white, in small, short clusters on the old wood; late spring to early summer.
Japan.
Source: (2002). Rosaceae. In: . 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.
Leaves narrower than in the type and larger, to 3-4 cm long.