Shrubs procumbent, to 3 cm tall; trunk creeping. Juvenile branchlets yellowish brown or reddish, pilose. Buds ovoid, glabrous. Leaf blade ovate-oblong, 7-10 × 2-4 mm, leathery, abaxially greenish or pale, pilose, adaxially bright green, glabrous, base attenuate margin entire, usually revolute, apex slightly acute or cuneate, margin entire, usually revolute. Catkins terminal, ovoid. Male catkin ca. 1 cm, few flowered; rachis pilose; bracts purple, ovate, ca. 1/2 as long as filaments, adaxially pilose at base, apex obtuse. Male flower: adaxial gland broader than abaxial gland; stamens 2; filaments pilose at base; anthers purple, globose. Female catkin with bracts ovate, ca. as long as ovary, glabrous. Female flower: adaxial gland often divided, ca. 1/3 as long as bracts or more; ovary ovoid, densely grayish white pubescent, shortly stipitate; style short, 2-lobed; stigma 2-cleft. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.
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