Shrubs deciduous. Twigs angled, pubescent, glabrescent; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 1–2 mm, pilose; leaf blade elliptic or ovate, 3–6.5 × 1.3–3 cm, papery, both surfaces white pilose, secondary veins ± ascending, raised abaxially, flat adaxially, base cuneate or broadly cuneate to slightly obtuse, margin plane, denticulate, apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescence pseudoterminal, shortly racemose, axis to 6 mm, ?glabrous, 1–3(–5)-flowered; bracts caducous. Pedicel 4–6 mm, glabrous. Hypanthium ca. 0.8 mm, glabrous; calyx limb ca. 1 mm, divided 1/2–3/4; calyx lobes triangular. Corolla whitish, campanulate, 7–8 mm, glabrous; lobes recurved, broadly ovate, 1–1.5 mm. Filaments ca. 2.5 mm, puberulous; anthers 2.5–3.5 mm, thecae with 2 very short spurs, tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 5-loculed, red, ellipsoid, 8–9 × 6–7 mm, 5-angled, glabrous; persistent calyx lobes triangular or suborbicular, 2–3 mm, glabrous. Fl. May, fr. Sep.
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A small shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 50 cm high. The leaves turn red in autumn. The flowers are small and white. The fruit are bright red berries. Possibly Vaccinium hirtum var. koreanum (Nakai) Kitam.
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