Shrubs prostrate or erect, 30–100 cm tall; bark exfoliating. Twigs rufous, densely hirsute. Leaves scattered; petiole 4–6 mm, hirsute; leaf blade elliptic to lanceolate, 3–11 × 1–4 cm, leathery, abaxially punctate, ± hirsute, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins (3 or)4(–7) pairs, secondary and fine veins raised abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially, base obtuse-rounded or attenuate, margin serrate-mucronate, apex abruptly acute. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, racemose, 1.5–5 cm, pubescent; bracts orbicular-ovate or ovate, 5–7 mm, abaxially glabrous, ciliolate, adaxially puberulous. Pedicel 3–4 mm, glabrous; bracteoles 2, subapical to median, similar to bracts but smaller. Calyx glabrous; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, margin ciliate. Corolla pink or white, urceolate-globose, 4–5 mm, abaxially glabrous; lobes very short. Filaments dilated towards base, puberulous, ca. 1 mm; anthers ca. 1 mm; thecae 2-awned. Ovary puberulous. Calyx at fruiting blue-black, fleshy; capsule sericeous-puberulous. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug. 2n = ca. 44.
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A low shrub. It has rough stiff hairs. It grows 30-100 cm high. It has creeping underground runners. The leaves are narrowly oval and 5-10 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are rounded at the base. There are teeth along the edge. The leaves are leathery. They are shiny above and with dark brown hairs underneath. The flowers are white. They are in groups 2-5 cm long in the axils of leaves. The fruit are bright blue capsules.
It is a temperate plant. It is native to western China. It grows on the edge of spruce forests between 2,600-3,300 m altitude. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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