| Quantity of stalked glands per 1 cm length of side of primocane stems | numerous | 20–30 | more than 20 | numerous |
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| Number of hairs per 1 cm length of side of primocane stems | ca. 50 | 20–40 | 2–10 (–25) | 2–10 (–25) |
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| Number of prickles per 5 cm length of primocane stems | (9–) 11–20 (–28) | 6–10 (–14) | 8–12 (–20) | more than (10–) 15 |
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| Length of prickles on primocane stems (mm) | (2–) 2.5–4 (–4.5) | 5–6 (–7) | 2.5–3.0 (–4.5) | 2–3 (–4) |
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| Shape of prickles on primocane stems | quite slender, straight to only very slightly curved, slightly declining | quite slender, straight to slightly curved, declining | quite slender to almost thick (in lower half), partly slightly curved, strongly declining | slender, straight to only very slightly curved, slightly declining |
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| Width of the base of prickles on primocane stems (mm) | (2.0–) 2.3–3.3 (–3.7) | 4–5 (–6) | 2.5–3.5 (–4) | (1.7–) 2.1–3.3 |
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| Number of leaflets of primocane leaves | (3–) 4–5 | 5 | 3 (4–5) | 3 (4–5) |
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| Shape of terminal leaflet of primocane leaves | obovate, broadly obovate to suborbicular | elliptic to ovate | broadly elliptic to broadly obovate | narrowly to broadly elliptic or ovate to obovate |
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| Indumentum/number of hairs per 1 cm 2 of primocanes leaves above | glabrous or with few hairs (near margins) | (5–) 20–30 | (10–) 30–100 | 20–40 |
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| Colour and indumentum of primocane leaves beneath | green or slightly greyish, distinctly hairy to the touch, almost without stellate hairs | green, distinctly hairy to the touch, without stellate hairs | green, indistinctly hairy to the touch, without stellate hairs | green, sparsely hairy, indistinctly hairy to the touch, without stellate hairs |
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| Length of stamens/styles | stamens longer than styles | stamens longer than styles | stamens longer than styles | stamens shorter than styles |
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| Colour of styles | dark red-violet | usually reddish at the base or all | greenish | red at least at the base |
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