Spreading shrub to 2-(3) m high, often spreading vegetatively by layering. Stems densely clothed in stellate hairs. Lvs densely clothed in stellate hairs, velvety to touch, ovate to suborbicular, cordate, acute to acuminate, not lobed or shallowly 3-lobed, crenate-serrate, c. 5-15 cm long; petioles c. 2-12 cm long; stipules lanceolate, 3-8 mm long, deciduous. Fls axillary, solitary or few in fascicles; pedicels 10-30 mm long; epicalyx segments 7-9, linear, united for lower ?-1/4, somewhat < or ± = calyx; calyx tubular, clothed in stellate hairs; calyx teeth ciliate, triangular, much < tube; petals scarlet, 20-35 mm long. Fr. fleshy, red, 1-3 cm diam.