Shrub. Stems 1–3 m, purplish; buds reddish-hairy. Leaves glabrate to sparsely red-hairy below with 7 to 11, narrowly oblong leaflets 2–6 cm long. Inflorescence hemispheric to pyramidal, sparsely reddish-hairy. Flowers: calyx glabrous; sepals 1–2 mm long; petals 4–5 mm long. Pome red, glaucous, 8–10 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Our plants are subspecies
sitchensis.