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

植株25-50厘，一次结果，全株无。

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

圆柱状到经常地四棱形或略似翼的，无，被微柔，短柔，或被绒的，通常后落。

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.

有时的常绿灌木或半常绿；小枝和梗不具刚。叶片正面无；在外面上的黄色，线形和带玫瑰色；期5月6月。

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

瓣通常5，很少更多，偶尔无，白色，粉红色，或红色，无或有，边全缘，很少啮蚀状。

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

灌木或小乔木，通常直立，很少倾斜或攀援的，无，很少短柔，枝经常无刺。

Stem straight, glabrous, muricate near nodes.

直，无，粗糙的近的节。