Shrubs, evergreen, to 1 m tall. Branches brownish yellow, terete, densely verruculose; shoots yellow green, densely pubescent and verruculose; spines pale yellow, 1-2 cm, adaxially subsulcate. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade abaxially grayish green, adaxially shiny, dark green, obovate-elliptic or elliptic, 1-2 × 0.6-1.1 cm, leathery, abaxially pruinose, densely papillose, midvein conspicuously raised, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, adaxially with midvein impressed, both surfaces with inconspicuous reticulate veins, base cuneate, margin slightly revolute, 2-4-spinose-serrate on each side, apex acute. Flowers solitary. Pedicels 4-10 mm, glabrous. Sepals in 3 whorls; outer sepals ovate, ca. 4 × 3 mm; median sepals ovate, ca. 6 × 5 mm; inner sepals obovate, ca. 10 × 8 mm. Petals elliptic or obovate, 5.5-6 × ca. 3 mm, base cuneate, with separate glands, apex emarginate or retuse with rounded lobes. Stamens ca. 3.5 mm; anther connective slightly prolonged, rounded. Ovules 4-6. Berry oblong-ovoid, 10-12 × 6-7 mm, pruinose, style not persistent. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
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An evergreen shrub. It grows about 1.5 m high. The branches arch over. The bark has small warty brown lumps. The leaves are small and glossy. The flowers are yellow. The flowers are scattered singly amongst the leaves. The fruit are cylindrical, purple-black berries.
It is a temperate plant. It is native to China. It grows in rock crevices and forests between 1,900-3,200 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 5-9. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Thickets, rock crevices, forests; at elevations from 1,900-3,200 metres in Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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