Shrub up to 1.0-2.5 m. Leaves with 5-11 leaflets. Flowers white, large, 2-5 cm diam., numerous, in tight corymbs. Fruits globose, glabrous, red. Cold resistant. Z 4 (3).

Central Asia (Tarbagatay, Tien Shan). In clearings along streams and roads, and on hills.