Size: shrub, 3-6' average height at maturity, 10' spread
Leaves: deciduous, alternate, 2-3" long, pinnately compound, 3-5 leaflets, each ovate, abruptly acuminate tips, doubly serrate, bright or dark green, white tomentose underside
Twigs: petiole base persistent and like a stump below bud, stems have scattered slender thorns, reddish purple, glaucus
Flowers: monoecious, white, .33-.5" across, in clusters, bloom in June
Fruit: approximately .33", black
Bark: stems often purplish
