Erect shrub to about 2 m tall with slender, arching branches, hairy at first. Leaves ovate-elliptic to about 4 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, softly hairy below, margins finely toothed, colouring in autumn. Flowers white, about 1 cm wide, in stalkless clusters; spring. Fruits spreading.
Japan, China. Naturalised in NSW on the N Tablelands.
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.
Flowers double.The original form introduced to cultivation in the West from garden plants in China.