Shrubs, rarely small trees, deciduous, semievergreen or evergreen, 1–2(–4) m tall; old branches glabrous; young shoots sparsely scaly, otherwise glabrous or pubescent. Petiole 3–7 mm, sparsely scaly, pubescent or sometimes hispid; leaf blade oblong, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 2.5–7 × 0.8–3 cm; base narrow to cuneate; apex acuminate or acute, apiculate; abaxial surface green or gray green, scales 2–6 × their own diameter unequal; adaxial surface not or sparsely scaly, sometimes pubescent along midrib. Inflorescence terminal or subterminal, shortly racemose or umbellate, 3–6-flowered; rachis 2–3 mm. Pedicel 0.5–2(–3) cm, not or sparsely scaly; calyx rimlike or 5-lobed, 0.5–1 mm, scaly or not; corolla broadly funnelform-campanulate, white, pale red or pale purplish, inside with red, brownish red, yellow or yellowish green spots, 1.8–3.5 cm, outer surface sparsely scaly or not; stamens unequal, long ones longer than corolla; filaments ± pubescent below; ovary 5-locular, densely scaly; style longer than corolla, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, 6–20 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun.
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A shrub or small tree. It sometimes loses its leaves. It grows 1-2 m tall. The leaves are oval and 3-7 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The base is narrow. They are grey-green underneath. The flowers are in groups of 3-6 at or near the ends of branches. They are funnel shaped and white, pale red or pale purple and red or yellow inside.
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in mixed forests on slopes between 2,200-3,600 m above sea level. In Yunnan. In Rhodo gardens.
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