Unarmed, deciduous, non-aromatic shrub 1.5-2-(3) m high; branches and shoots erect, densely puberulent or tomentulose. Lvs convolute in bud, with petioles 2-4 cm long, not clasping at base; lamina deltoid to subreniform, 2-6.5 × 2-8 cm, shining, often smaller on upper part of flowering stems, deeply palmately lobed, with 3 ± parallel-sided lobes, often with secondary lobes or rounded teeth, glabrous except for glandular scales when very young; margins ciliolate; base cordate. Racemes pendent, usually 7-15-flowered; fls fragrant. Hypanthium 8-12 mm long, cylindric, yellow or greenish yellow, glabrous. Sepals 5.5-9 mm long, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, yellow, glabrous, ± patent at early anthesis but soon reflexing. Petals 3-4 mm long, elliptic to obovate, cream, pale pink, rose or crimson. Filaments 1-3 mm long. Fr. 5-8 mm diam., globose, yellowish brown and shining, translucent and lacking bloom, glabrous; flesh not aromatic, insipid to taste.