Rubus rosifolius var. rosifolius

Weakly erect shrub; stems to c. 2 m long, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent, bearing small globules of resinous exudate and curved prickles to c. 3 mm long. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 3–7 (usually 5), lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, mostly 3–8 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, base truncate to cordate, margins sharply and often deeply serrate, both surfaces green, sparsely hairy to glabrescent, bearing small resinous globules, main vein usually more densely hairy; stipules irregularly toothed. Flowers in short panicles or single in upper leaf axils. Sepals pubescent, acuminate, never reflexed; petals 5, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, white. Fruiting head more or less ovoid, 15–20 mm long; fruit red, falling from receptacle when ripe, edible but insipid. Flowers most of the year.