Tree (less often shrub) 3-12 m tall. Bark is light gray, smooth, later stripping. The flowers are composed in panicle. Flowering in May and June. The fruit is pome, 4-9 mm. It is orange to scarlet red, shiny, without lenticels. Teardrop-shaped seeds are 4-5 mm, reddish. Shoots: Shoots are sparsely hairy, gradually glabrescent, reddish-brown, shiny, often silver-gray. Older shoots are black-grey, glabrous. Lateral branches are often gnarled. Natural range: Europe (outside southernmost part), Asia Minor; in our area domestic.