Plants 0.5–1.5 m. Stems erect to sprawling, glabrous or pubescent, glabrescent; spines at nodes absent or 1–3, 3–8 mm; prickles on internodes absent, sometimes present, scattered. Leaves: petiole 0.7–1.5(–2) cm, pilose; blade roundish to rhombic, 5–7-lobed, cleft nearly 1/2 to midrib, 1–2.5 cm, base broadly cuneate to truncate, surfaces softly pubescent to glabrous, not glandular, lobes cuneate, long-deltate, margins toothed, apex broadly acute. Inflorescences pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered corymbs, 0.5–1.5 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely pilose. Pedicels not jointed, 2–5 mm, glabrous; bracts ovate to deltate, 1–2 mm, villous-ciliate with simple hairs. Flowers: hypanthium greenish white, obconic to campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or pilose to densely pilose; sepals not overlapping, erect, recurved in age, greenish white or with purplish tinge along margins, broadly oblong, 3–4 mm; petals connivent, erect, white to purple tinged, spatulate-obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.7–2.5 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 3–4.5 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oval, 0.2–0.3 mm, apex rounded; ovary glabrous; styles connate to middle, 3–4.5 mm, villous in proximal 1/2. Berries palatable, greenish to purplish, globose, 6–7 mm, glabrous. 2n = 16.
