Shrubs, deciduous, to 2 m tall. Winter buds with several pairs of acute scales. Young branches, petioles, and peduncles densely spreading white hispid, rarely glabrescent. Petiole 1-3 mm, slightly clasping at base; leaf blade ovate to oblong, 1-3 × 0.9-1.8 cm, abaxially glaucous and densely soft hairy, adaxially pubescent, base subtruncate to slightly cordate, apex obtuse to rounded. Inflorescence terminal, with 3-8 whorls, sometimes branching; cymes 2-flowered (occasionally 3-flowered); peduncle to 10 mm, those in lower part of inflorescence longer; bracts leaflike, to 5 mm; bracteoles fused, shallowly cupular, usually equaling ovaries, surrounding 2 neighboring free ovaries, accrescent to 5-6 mm in diam. in fruit, outside densely glandular hairy, inside glabrous. Sepals triangular, to 1 mm, ciliate. Corolla bilabiate, creamy yellow, outside puberulent; tube ca. 7 mm, shallowly gibbous at base on ventral side, inside puberulent; upper lip shallowly 4-lobed; lower lip recurved, subequaling corolla tube. Stamens and style exserted from corolla tube; filaments and style white pubescent below middle; anthers linear, ca. 3 mm. Cupule accrescent to 1/2 length of berries; berries red, ellipsoid, ca. 5 mm, hairy. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep.
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An erect shrub. It grows to about 2 m high. The stems have many branches. It forms a dense bush. The leaves have stalks. The leaves are broadly oval and thick. They are hairy on both surfaces. The tip is rounded and the base is heart shaped. The flowers are stalked. They are yellow and have a scent. They are hairy. The fruit is a berry. It is round and orange-red. It has glandular hairs.
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