柔毛小檗 rou mao xiao bo

Shrubs, deciduous, ca. 1 m tall. Branches grayish yellow, glabrous; shoots reddish, pubescent; internodes 1-2 cm; spines simple, 1-2.5 cm, adaxially sulcate. Petiole 7-10 mm; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially deep green, obovate, 2-4 × 0.5-1 cm, papery, both surfaces pubescent, abaxially with raised midvein and lateral veins, reticulate veins prominent, adaxially with slightly impressed midvein and lateral veins, reticulate veins inconspicuous, base attenuate to decurrent petiole, margin revolute, mostly entire, rarely few spinulose on each side, apex mucronate. Inflorescence a raceme, 2-4 cm including peduncle 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; bracts ca. 1 mm. Pedicels 4-6 mm, glabrous. Flowers unknown. Berry oblong, 4-7 × 3-4 mm, not pruinose, style not persistent; seeds 1. Fl. unknown, fr. Aug.

● Mountain slopes. Hubei, Shaanxi.