Shrub up to 2 m tall, with erect or slightly arching stems. Prickles irregularly se t on the stems, usually hooked and uniform. Leaflets 5-7, (broadly) ovate to broadly elliptic, obtuse, acute, or shortly acuminate at apex, simply serrate, medium-sized, dull green end, glabrous above, paler, grey-green, ± hairy beneath. Flowers solitary or 3(-5) rarely more, white or rarely pale pink, simple or usually double or semidouble, rarely simple. Pedicels usually as long or longer than fruit, with stalked glands. Fruit (if present) ellipsoid or ovoid, red wh en mature, usually smooth. Achenes usually only partly developed. Planted, sometimes naturalized.