Shrubs, deciduous or evergreen, erect, 2-3 m tall. Spines usually present; young branches light green, with dense yellowish white scales. Petiole yellowish brown, 5-7 mm; leaf blade dimorphic by season; spring leaves small, leaf blade elliptic to oblong, 1-4 × 0.8-2 cm, thinly papery or membranous, base obtuse, margin entire, apex rounded or obtuse; autumn leaves larger, leaf blade oblong-obovate or broadly elliptic, 6-10 × 3-5 cm, abaxially white with brown dots, scales overlapping, mostly white, a few brown, margin fimbriate-lacerate to ± stellate, adaxially tomentose when young, indumentum of stellate hairs, not appressed, lateral veins 8-10 per side of midrib, deeply impressed adaxially in old leaves. Flowers often 5-7 in a fascicle at base of new growing branches. Pedicel ca. 3 mm, slender; fruiting pedicel 8-10 mm, slender. Flowers yellow, thick, with silvery and light yellow scales. Calyx tube funnelform-tubular, 5.5-6 mm; lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm, inside with sparse short villi, apex acute. Filaments very short; anthers ellipsoid, ca. 1.2 mm. Style erect, glabrous. Drupe red when ripe, obovoid-oblong, 1.3-1.5 × ca. 0.6 cm, densely silvery scaly. Fl. Jan-Mar, fr. Apr-May.
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A shrub. It grows 2-3 m tall. It may or may not lose its leaves depending on climate. It usually has spines. The young branches are bright green. They have yellowish-white scales. The leaf stalks are yellowish-brown and 5-7 mm long. The leaves have 2 forms depending on season. The leaves in spring are small and 1-4 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They are thin and papery. The leaves in autumn are larger and broadly oval. They are 6-10 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. Underneath they are white with brown dots. The flowers are usually in groups of 5-7. They are near the base of new growing branches. The flowers are yellow and thick and have silvery and light yellow scales. The fruit are fleshy and red when ripe. The are oval and 1.5 cm long by 0.6 cm wide. They have silvery scales.
Forests; at elevations from 100-300 metres. Streamsides, roadsides, open slopes, and forests, also cultivated; at elevations from 100-2,250 metres.
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A temperate plant. It grows in China between 100-300 m altitude in the eastern central provinces.
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