Caprifolium hypoglaucum (Miquel) Kuntze; C. mollissimum (Blume ex Maximowicz) Kuntze; Lonicera affinis Hooker & Arnott var. hypoglauca (Miquel) Rehder; L. affinis var. mollissima Blume ex Maximowicz; L. affinis var. pubescens Maximowicz; L. hypoglauca subsp. nudiflora P. S. Hsu & H. J. Wang; L. rubropunctata Hayata.

For description see under species complex. Distinguishing characters for this species are as follows: Stems grayish pubescent. Leaves abaxially glaucous with large sessile orange glands. Ovaries glabrous to sparsely hirsute. Berries black. Fl. Apr-May(-Jun), fr. Oct-Nov.

Scrub, sparse forests; 200-700(-1800) m. S Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, SW Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, ?Kashmir, ?Nepal].