Description from
Flora of China
Helwingia japonica var. grisea W. P. Fang & T. P. Soong.
Leaf blade ovate to ovate-elliptic, 3–1.5 × 2–6.5 cm, abaxially often glaucous, grayish white or glaucous green, not papillate, margin serrate or crenate. Fruit 1 or 2 at middle part of midvein, crowned by 3–5-lobed stigma.
Thickets; 1200–2800 m. N Guizhou, W Hubei, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, NE Yunnan.
