Photinia cardotii F. P. Metcalf; P. parvifolia (E. Pritzel) C. K. Schneider var. kankaoensis (Hatusima) T. T. Yü & K. C. Kuan; P. subumbellata Rehder & E. H. Wilson var. villosa Cardot; Pourthiaea kankaoensis Hatusima; P. villosa var. sinica (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Migo.

Petioles, leaf blade, and pedicels sparsely white villous. Leaf blade elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rarely oblong-obovate. Inflorescences usually simple corymbose, 5–8(–15)-flowered. Hypanthium sparsely villous. Fruit 0.8–1.6 × 0.9–1.1 cm.

Forests, thickets, grassy slopes, stream sides, waste places; 1000--1600 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang.