Shrubs, sometimes suckering, ?much branched?, 5–15 dm, sometimes weakly thorny. Twigs with axillary end buds, tomentose. Leaves deciduous; petiole 1–4 mm, tomentose, eglandular; blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 1.1–4 × 0.4–1.1 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins dentate, teeth blunt, glandular, ?glands discoid?, apex acute, obtuse, or rounded, abaxial surface hairy to canescent, adaxial hairy. Inflorescences solitary flowers or 2-flowered fascicles. Pedicels 1–5 mm, tomentose. Flowers blooming before or at leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2 mm, tomentose externally; sepals reflexed, triangular, 1–1.7 mm, margins glandular-toothed, surfaces tomentose; petals white, elliptic, 3–5 mm; ovaries hairy. Drupes usually yellow to greenish yellow, sometimes tinged with red, ovoid, ?compressed?, 8–15 mm, velutinous; ?hypanthium tardily deciduous?; mesocarps fleshy; stones ovoid, ± flattened.
Deep sand, plains and sand hills, grasslands, oak woods; at elevations up to 200 metres.
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