Shrubs, deciduous, 2-3 m tall. Branches dark red, terete, not verruculose; spines simple or 3-fid, pale purplish red, subterete, 5-30 mm. Petiole 3-10 mm; leaf blade abaxially pale green, slightly shiny, adaxially green, obovate-elliptic, 2-6 × 1-4 cm, thickly papery, both surfaces glabrous, not pruinose, abaxially with slightly raised midvein, lateral veins 2-4 pairs, conspicuous, adaxially with flat or slightly raised midvein, lateral veins raised, both surfaces with raised reticulate veins, base broadly cuneate, margin entire or indistinctly spinose-serrate, apex rounded. Inflorescence a raceme or umbellate raceme, 4-9-flowered, 2-5 cm, with few fascicled flowers at base, glabrous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 mm. Pedicels 9-17 mm. Sepals in 2 whorls; outer sepals elliptic, ca. 5 × 4 mm, apex rounded; inner sepals obovate, ca. 7 × 5 mm. Petals obovate-spatulate, ca. 6 × 4 mm, base cuneate, with separate glands, apex rounded, entire. Stamens ca. 4.5 mm; anther connective prolonged, apiculate. Ovules 4-6, funiculate. Berry black, subglobose, 10-12 × 9-10 mm, slightly pruinose, style not persistent. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Oct.
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A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 2 m high. The branches have spines 1-3 cm long. The leaves are broadly oval and 2-8 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are orange-yellow. They are fragrant. The fruit are round or oblong and 12 mm long. They are purple-black.
Stony mountain slopes. Forests, sparse forests, thickets, floodlands, stony slopes, arid steppe lands; at elevations from 900-3,200 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. In western China it grows on arid steppe lands between 900-3,200 m above sea level.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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