Shrubs procumbent, dwarf; bark russet. Branches to 80 cm, (2-)10 mm thick; branchlets yellowish brown, pilose when young, glabrescent. Buds oblong-ovoid, 2-3 mm, glabrous.
Stipules present; petiole ca. 3 mm, pilose when young, glabrescent; leaf blade obovate-elliptic, suborbicular, or elliptic, 0.5-1.7 × 0.5-1.5 cm, leathery, abaxially green, villous when young,
glabrescent, adaxially dull green, base rounded or rounded-cuneate, margin entire, apex rounded, obtuse, or retuse. Flowering coetaneous. Catkins terminal. Male catkin ovoid, ca. 8 mm,
10-20-flowered; bracts yellowish brown, orbicular, ca. 1 mm, long pubescent. Male flower: glands 2, 0.3-0.4 mm, adaxial gland ovate or orbicular, sometimes 2-cleft, abaxial gland 2- or
3-parted or entire; stamens 2, distinct, glabrous. Female catkin 5-8 mm, 10-20-flowered; bracts as in male catkin. Female flower: adaxial gland usually 2- or 3(or 4)-lobed, ca. 2 × as long as
stipe, abaxial gland shorter than adaxial gland; ovary sublanceolate, apex acuminate, 3-4 mm, glabrous; stipe ca. 1 mm,
elongated in fruit; style ca. 0.5 mm; stigma 4-lobed. Fl. Jul, fr. Jul.
