Trees to 15 m high; branchlets usually densely pubescent. Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, c. 15–20 cm long; leaflets 9–17, opposite, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, c. 3–6 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide, margins serrate, often only in distal half, dull green above, densely white-tomentose below; stipules deciduous or persistent. Inflorescence a terminal, many-flowered, corymbose panicle. Flowers 8–11 mm diam.; receptacle (hypanthium) densely pubescent; sepals persistent; petals (3–)4–5 mm long, white; styles 3 or 4, free. Pome globose to subglobose, 8–12 mm diam., initially yellow, turning bright red. Flowers spring–summer.
VVP, GipP, VAlp. Also naturalised SA, NSW, Tas. Native to Europe and Asia. Known in Victoria from a single population near Falls Creek Ski Village. Seeds of cultivated plants are apparently spread by birds, with new plants emerging in the surrounding alpine vegetation.
