Shrubs erect, 0.5–1(–2.5) m tall. Twigs terete, scabrid, densely brown hispid. Leaves scattered; petiole 3–5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hispid; leaf blade oblong or oblong-elliptic, 4–11 × 1.2–3.5 cm, leathery, abaxially sparsely hispidulous or glabrescent, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 3 or 4 pairs, secondary and fine veins raised abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially, base cuneate or obtuse, margin serrate, apex acute, distinctly mucronate. Inflorescences axillary, narrowly racemose, 1.5–3(–7) cm, few-to many flowered, pubescent; bracts triangular-ovate, 1–3 mm, fimbriate. Pedicel 1.5–2.5 mm; bracteoles apical, ca. 1.2 mm, margin ciliolate. Calyx lobes triangular, ca. 2.5 mm, margin ciliolate. Corolla white, tubular to urceolate, 2–3 mm, abaxially hairy; lobes very short. Filaments basally swollen, ca. 1 mm, ciliolate; thecae 2-awned. Ovary half-inferior, appressed-sericeous. Calyx at fruiting purple-blue, fleshy; capsule ellipsoidal to globose, 3–5 mm in diam. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.
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A shrub. It grows about 1 m high. The leaves are scattered. They are oblong and 4-11 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They are leathery. There are teeth around the edge. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit capsule is oval and 3-5 mm across.
It is a temperate plant. In China it grows in pine forests and thickets on slopes between 2,000 and 2,700 m altitude in Xizang (Tibet). It can grow up to 3,500 m altitude.
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Pinus forest margins, thickets on slopes; at elevations from 2,000-2,700 metres, occasionally reaching 3,500 metres.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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