Shrub or small tree, deciduous, thorny, up to 6 m in height, ramose, irregular in shape, with extended branches. Trunk well defined in old trees that grow on good soils, with brownish-grey bark, fissured. Branches greyish, branches of a few years brown; younger branches villous-tomentose, lanate, chestnut or brown. Leaves alternate or grouped in brachyblasts [(1)2.4 \u00d7 (0.8)1-3 cm], ovate and obovate, acute, \u00b1 cuneiform at the base, with laciniate and pinnatifid margin, with 3-7 very deep lobes, sometimes split up to almost the midrib. Lobes \u00b1 oblong, with entire margin except at the tip, which is irregularly dentate. Leaves are otherwise villous-lanate, with white hairs on both sides, much more abundant on the underside, \u00b1 intense green on the upper side, whitish on the underside. Petiole well developed, villous-lanate (5-15 mm long). Stipules with entire margin. Inflorescence corymbiform, terminal, on brachyblasts, with villous-lanate branching. Calyx villous-lanate, with 5 small triangular sepals, greenish-whitish. Corolla with 5 white petals, glabrous, suborbicular, about 5 \u00d7 5 mm. Stamens 15-22, with pinkish to reddish-purple anthers. Styles 2-3, although sometimes there are flowers with 1, 4 or 5. Fruit a somewhat fleshy, subglobose pome, crowned by the persistent calyx, bright red, slightly tomentose. Seeds (1)2-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12747","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n