Shrub 1-2 m tall;
prickles few or none, 3-11 mm long, slender, terete, or the larger ones
flattened at base; leaflets 5-7, oval, glabrous above, pilose beneath, 1-6 cm
long, serrate or doubly serrate; stipules 1-2 cm long, entire; sepals
persistent, 1.5-3.5 cm long, 3-6 mm wide at base, constricted in the middle then
expanded a little distally; flowers large, usually solitary, petals 1.5-2.0 cm
long, rose to pink; hips globose, 9-11 mm in diameter, sepals reflexed, achenes
numerous; rocky slopes mostly in wooded areas, lowlands to the lower mountains.