Semi-evergreen shrub 1–3.5 m high with arching branches; new growth tomentose. Leaves simple, elliptic, mostly 15–25 mm long, 8–15 mm wide, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, mucronate, upper surface green, dull, glabrescent, lower surface paler, white-tomentose; petiole 4–8 mm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, membranous. Inflorescence a 6–20-flowered cluster; pedicels 1–2 mm long, tomentose. Sepals 5, pubescent; petals 5, suborbicular, 3–4 mm long, clawed, white. Pome ovoid to subglobose, 6–7 mm diam., glabrescent, red; seeds 2. Flowers spring–summer.
VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, Strz. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native of China. Commonly cultivated, naturalised in several areas of the State, usually in cooler districts (e.g. Mornington Peninsula, Tyers, Dandenong Ranges), near to gardens.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A.; Jobson, P.C. (1996). Rosaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 556–585. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
