Shrubs deciduous, to 2 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown or grayish brown, terete, slender, initially densely gray villous, glabrous when old. Petiole 2–4.5 mm, slightly villous; stipules caducous or partly persistent, lanceolate, 1–2 mm, villous; leaf blade broadly elliptic or broadly ovate, sometimes obovate or suborbicular, 2–3.5 × 1.5–2.4 cm, papery, lateral veins 3–5 pairs, slightly raised abaxially, abaxially initially densely villous, glabrate, adaxially initially villous, glabrescent, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex usually obtuse or emarginate, rarely mucronate. Corymbs suberect or spreading, 3–6-flowered; rachis and pedicels initially villous, finally subglabrous. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially sparsely pilose. Sepals broadly triangular. Petals not seen. Fruit dark red, obovoid, 6–8 mm, sparsely pilose or subglabrous, pyrenes 2. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.
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