Shrub, deciduous, with numerous stems, \u00b1 erect or arched, slightly or not climbing, up to 3(6) m in height, reaching even larger sizes when growing in humid soils in dense forests or along walls or rocky outcrops. Stems glabrous, usually green, with strong prickles, short and hooked with decurrent base, sparse, all homogeneous. Leaves with 5-7(9) leaflets [(1.3)1.5-3(4) \u00d7 (0.6)1.5-2(3.5) cm], from ovate-orbicular to ovate-lanceolate, \u00b1 acute, with rounded base; finely serrated margin, single or twice dentate, not coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent, without glands or with some along the midrib. Petiole and rachis glabrous or pubescent, sometimes with some glands and small prickles. Stipules heteromorphous, glabrous or pubescent on the underside, with some glands or without, fused lengthwise to the petiole. Inflorescence corymbiform, sometimes flowers solitary, at the end of lateral branchlets; with 1-2 ovate-lanceolate bracts, with sparse glands along the margin and sometimes on the underside; pedicels [(0.8)1-2(3) cm] with some glands or without, glabrous or sometimes pubescent. Sepals [(12)15-20 \u00d7 3-6 mm], entire or more frequently with 4-12 lobes or fimbriate appendices, with smooth dorsal side or with glands, pubescent on the inner side, folded backwards, caducous. Corolla 2-4 cm in diameter; petals 5, (0.8)1.2-2(2.5) mm, slightly notched at the apex, white or pinkish-whitish. Styles free, glabrous or pubescent. Stamens numerous, yellow. Fruit a group of numerous achenes enclosed in the receptacle or urceolus, first ovoid, green and slightly glandular and, when ripe, urceolate, ellipsoid or subglobose (0.8-1.7 cm in diameter) glabrous or with some glands, intense red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12768","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n