Habit: shrub
Plant Height (m): 1-4 m
Elevation (m): 300-1100 m
Distribution: China: Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
Young Branch: pubescent, hirsute
Leaf upper surface: midrib hairy
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: pubescent, midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 4-8 cm
Leaf width (cm): 1.5-3.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acute
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 7-9
Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm
Petiole: pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Flower diameter (cm): 2.5-4 cm
Pedicel: present
Pedicel length (cm): 0.3-0.4 cm
Bractlet number: 4-5
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet position: covers the pedicel
Bractlet shape: ovate
Branchlet length (mm): 1-2 mm
Bractlet hairiness: sericeous outside
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 2-3.5 mm
Sepal hairiness: pubescent outside, sericeous inside
Petal number: 5-6
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate, broadly obovate
Petal length (mm): 20-25 mm
Petal hairiness: pubescent outside
Petal: basally slightly connate
Stamen length (mm): 15-20 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate into a short tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: orbicular
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style number: 3
Style: 3-cleft
Fruit shape: orbicular, ovate
Fruit diameter (cm): 1.5-2 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: castaneous
