Low to mid shrubs, 0.3-1 m. Stems decumbent; branches tomentose, peeled wood smooth or striate, striae sparse, to 2 mm; branchlets yellow-brown. Leaves: stipules absent or rudimentary on late ones; petiole 0.5-3(-6) mm, velvety or villous adaxially; largest medial blade narrowly oblong, narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate, or obovate, (13-)20-50(-70) × 3-13 mm, 2.3-9 times as long as wide, margins strongly revolute, abaxial surface hairs gray throughout, adaxial slightly glossy, moderately densely tomentose; proximal blade margins entire. Catkins: staminate 6.5-13.5 × 5-10 mm, flowering branchlet 0-1 mm; pistillate 11-17.5 × 5.5-12 mm, flowering branchlet 0-1.5 mm; floral bract 0.8-1.4 mm. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy basally. Pistillate flowers: ovary pyriform; ovules 6 per ovary; stigmas 0.2-0.24-0.32 mm. Capsules 5-9 mm.
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