Plant: shrub; Erect, (0.5-)1-3(-4) m tall; stems perennial, the equivalent of primocanes and floricanes on the same branch; bark shredding; plants mostly eglandular; prickles absent Leaves: deciduous, often larger on first-year's growth, simple, palmately lobed, irregularly serrate to dentate, cordate in outline, 4-9(-14) cm long, (3-)5-9(-15) cm wide, pubescent above, soft-pubescent below; lobes 3-5, these often again lobed, the primary lobes usually obtuse to acute INFLORESCENCE: mostly from second year's growth, terminating short branches or in leaf axils, obscurely bracteate with 1(-2) flowers Flowers: sepals reflexed to ascending, caudate, 5-22 mm long, the main portion lanceolate to ovate; petals white, (8-)11-33 mm long; ovaries glabrous; styles hairy. Fruit: hardly palatable, subhemispherical, weakly coherent, separating from the torus; drupelets red, glabrous, thinly fleshy, soon drying Misc: Forested, often mesic, mountain slopes and canyons; 1400-2850 m (4600-9400 ft); Apr-Sep REFERENCES: Brasher, Jeffrey W. 2001. Rosaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).