Shrubs, 1–2 m tall; old branches gray, glabrous; young shoots scaly, densely brown-hispid. Petiole 5–8 mm, scaly, hispid; leaf blade oblong, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 4–7.5 × 2–3.5 cm; base rounded or broadly cuneate; apex acute or acuminate; abaxial surface pale green, scales 1–2 × their own diameter apart, brown; adaxial surface sparsely scaly; midrib flat raised abaxially, slightly concave adaxially; lateral veins 7–8-paired, thin, inconspicuous on both sides. Inflorescence terminal, 1(or 2)-flowered; bractlets present at anthesis, linear-spathulate, longer than pedicel, densely white-pubescent outside. Flowers fragrant. Pedicel 0.6–1 cm, densely scaly; calyx undeveloped or 2–6 mm, scaly abaxially, dense; corolla broadly funnelform, white tinged with red, with yellowish green markings at base within, 5.5–7 cm, outer surface scaly, tube gray-white-pubescent; stamens 10, unequal, half as long as corolla; filaments pubescent below; ovary 6-locular, densely scaly; style as long as corolla or slightly longer, basal half sparsely scaly. Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 15–20 mm, densely brown-scaly. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jul.
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A shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. Young shoots are scaly. They have brown hairs. The leaves are 4-8 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are rounded at the base and taper to the tip. There are 1 or 2 flowers at the ends of the branches and they have a scent. They are funnel shaped and white tinged with red.
It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests on rocky valley sides between 2,500-3,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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