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

1.植株25-50厘米，一次，株毛。

2.Stem straight, glabrous, muricate near nodes.

2.茎直，毛，粗糙的近的节。

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

3.嫩茎圆柱状到地四棱形或略似翼的，毛，被微毛，短毛，或被绒毛的，通后脱落。

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

4.灌木或小乔木，通直立，很少倾斜或攀援的，毛，很少短毛，枝刺。

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

5.花瓣通5，很少更多，偶尔，白色，粉红色，或红色，毛或有毛，边缘，很少啮蚀状。

6.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.

6.有时的绿灌木或半绿；小枝和花梗不具刚毛。叶片正面毛；在外面上的花冠米黄色，线形和带玫瑰色；花期5月6月。