Deciduous, glabrous or glabrate shrub, 0.3-2 m high, generally with some long arching branches; spines scattered, rather soft and flexible. Lvs shortly petiolate, on mature stems, often in fascicles on spineless short spur shoots. Lamina 10-50 × 5-15 mm, oblong, lanceolate, ovate, sub-rhombic or sometimes obovate; base narrowly to broadly cuneate; apex usually acute, less commonly obtuse. Fls usually solitary, less commonly 2-3 together, on short spurs; pedicels 3-12 mm long at flowering. Calyx 2-3 mm long, campanulate; lobes broadly ovate, obtuse or acute. Corolla 10-13 mm long; tube narrow-cylindric; lobes 5-7 mm long, elliptic-ovate, light purple inside; apex rounded. Filaments hairy at base. Fr. (1)-2-3 cm long, ± oblong to ovoid-oblong, red.