Shrubs, erect, 1-5 m; burl absent; twigs short-hairy and hispid. Leaves: petiole 4-8 mm; blade dark green to gray-glaucous, dull, narrowly elliptic to orbiculate-ovate, 1-3 × 1-2 cm, base cuneate or truncate to slightly lobed, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous. Inflorescences racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, axis 1-2 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy with long hairs; bracts not appressed, (green), leaflike, lanceolate, 8-15 mm, apex acute, surfaces long-hairy. Pedicels 2-5 mm, glabrous. Flowers: corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary glabrous. Fruits depressed-globose, 8-10 mm diam., glabrous. Stones distinct. 2n = 26.
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