Plant 25–50 cm, monocarpic, glabrous throughout.Caudex simple.

植株25-50厘米，一次结果，全株无毛。

Stem straight, glabrous, muricate near nodes.

茎直，无毛，粗糙。

Young stems terete to frequently 4-angled or subalate, glabrous, puberulous, pubescent, or tomentose, often glabrescent.

嫩茎圆柱状到经常地四棱形略似翼，无毛，被微毛，短毛，被绒毛，通常后脱落。

Shrubs or small trees, usually erect, rarely viny or climbing, glabrous, rarely pubsecent, branches often inermous.

灌木小乔木，通常直立，很少倾援，无毛，很少短毛，枝经常无刺。

Petals usually 5, rarely more, occasionally absent, white, pink, or red, glabrous or hairy, margin entire, rarely premorse.

花瓣通常5，很少更多，偶尔无，白色，粉红色，红色，无毛有毛，边全缘，很少啮蚀状。

Shrubs evergreen or sometimes semievergreen; branchlets and pedicels not setose. Leaf blade adaxially glabrous; corolla creamy yellow, lined and flushed rose on outside. Fl. May–Jun.

有时常绿灌木半常绿；小枝和花梗不具刚毛。叶片正面无毛；在外面上花冠米黄色，线形和带玫瑰色；花期5月6月。