Shrubs. Branchlets dull brown; juvenile branchlets densely white downy, becoming sparsely white downy. Petiole ca. 2.5 mm, pubescent; leaf blade oblong or elliptic, 0.8-1.6 × 0.5-1.2 cm, abaxially whitish, sparsely villous, adaxially green, pubescent along midvein, both ends rounded, margin entire. Male catkin unknown. Female catkin 1.5-2 cm; peduncle with 5 leaflets; rachis downy; bracts elliptic, 1/3-1/2 as long as ovary, margin villous. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary long ovoid-ellipsoid, pilose, sessile; style short; stigma 2-lobed, rarely 4-lobed. Capsule ovoid-oblong. Fl. May, fr. Jun.

* Woods of mountain slopes; circa 2300 m. Shaanxi