General:
Medium to tall shrub, ascending to erect, 1-4 m tall; twigs appressed-hairy.
Leaves:
Alternate, deciduous or semi-evergreen, somewhat leathery, egg-shaped to broadly elliptic, 2-3 cm long, entire, pointed at the tip, dark green and nearly smooth above, paler and sparsely hairy below; stalks 2-4 mm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescences short, small, axillary clusters of 2 to 4 short-stalked flowers; corollas white with red markings or pinkish, the petals 5, erect; calyces appressed-hairy, the 5 lobes triangular; ovaries inferior; stamens about 20.
Fruits:
Berry-like pomes (like miniature apples), egg-shaped, about 8 mm long, orange-red; stones (nutlets) 2 to 5.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia