Shrubs, dwarf, to 60 cm tall, deciduous, often with spinelike, leafless branchlets. Bark splitting. Branches with solid pith. Winter buds with few scales. Leaves opposite; petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade linear to oblong, 4-15 × 1-2 mm, glabrous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin revolute, apex obtuse. Paired flowers fragrant, axillary at bases of lateral young branches; peduncle to 1 mm; bracts leaflike, longer than ovary; bracteoles cupular, more than 1/2 as long as ovary, apex subtruncate, often 2-lobed. Neighboring 2 ovaries free. Calyx cupular, ca. 1.5 mm; lobes ovate, apex obtuse. Corolla purplish red, later white, tubular-funnelform; tube ca. 10 mm, slender; lobes spreading, ovate-oblong, ca. 4 mm. Stamens inserted at mouth of corolla; anthers exserted. Style exserted. Berry pale violet to white, ellipsoid, ca. 5 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep.
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A low shrub. It grows 1 m tall. It forms large mats. The small branches can have a spiny point. The leaves are narrow and oblong. They are 0.8-1 cm long by 0.1-0.2 cm wide. The edges are curved inwards. The flowers are pale pink. They are in clusters without stalks.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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