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Shrubs, semievergreen, 1–2 m tall; branches many; young shoots densely red-brown strigose, glabrescent. Summer and winter leaves different. Petiole 2–4 mm, coarsely red-brown strigose; leaf blade papery, narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1.7–3.2(–4.5) × ca. 0.6 cm; base narrowly cuneate; margin sparsely and finely crenate-serrate; apex obtusely pointed; abaxial surface sparsely red-brown strigose; adaxial surface shiny-strigose. Inflorescence 1–3-flowered. Pedicel 0.6–1.2 cm, coarsely white strigose; calyx lobes elliptic-ovate or suborbicular, pale green, 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm, softly white-hairy; corolla broadly funnelform, bright red, occasionally rose-red, with dark red flecks, 3–4 × 3.7(–6) cm; tube ca. 13 mm, lobes broadly elliptic, 1.7–2 × ca. 1.6 cm; stamens 5, unequal, 1.6–2.2 cm, shorter than corolla, filaments puberulent at base; ovary ca. 3 mm, densely shiny brown strigose; style 2.3(–4.5) cm, longer than stamens, glabrous. Capsule oblong-ovoid, 6–8 mm, densely red-brown strigose. Fl. May–Jun.
An evergreen shrub. It grows 90 cm high and spreads 60 cm wide. It has many branches. It can almost lie along the ground. The leaves are shiny and dark green. The wild plant usually has red flowers. They are a broad funnel shape. They occur singly or in pairs.
