Shrubs deciduous, erect, 1–2 m tall, sparsely branched. Branchlets spreading, dark reddish brown or dark grayish brown, terete, slender, initially strigose, glabrous when old. Petiole 1–2(–3) mm, pubescent; stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, 2–5 mm, slightly pubescent; leaf blade elliptic or broadly elliptic, rarely obovate, 0.7–2 cm × 5–10 mm, midvein raised abaxially and ± impressed adaxially, both surfaces initially pubescent, adaxially subglabrous when old, base broadly cuneate, apex acute, rarely ± obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Inflorescences 5–6 mm in diam., 2–4-flowered; bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate, slightly pubescent. Pedicel 1–2 mm, sparsely pubescent. Flowers 3–4 mm. Hypanthium sparsely pubescent abaxially. Sepals triangular, 1–2 mm, apex acute. Petals erect, pink, ovate or oblong, 3–4 × 2–3 mm, base shortly clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens 10–15, shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles 2, free, not exceeding stamens. Fruit red, ellipsoid, 5–7 mm in diam., sparsely pubescent, pyrenes (1 or)2(or 3). Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Sep–Oct.
Rocky slopes, gullies, forests, shrubwoods and thickets at elevations of 1600-3400 metres.
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