Itea parviflora Hemsl.

This species is sometimes cultivated.

Shrubs or small trees, evergreen, to 5 m tall. Branchlets slender, glabrous or glabrescent. Petiole slender, 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green or brown, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 8-12 × 2.5-3.5 cm, membranous or thinly papery, both surfaces glabrous except barbellate at vein axils, midvein raised abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially, secondary veins in 5-8 pairs, arcuate curved, reticulate veins prominent, base cuneate or rarely obtuse, margin ± crenulate-serrate or repand, rarely entire, apex acuminate or subcaudate. Racemes axillary, to 3 cm, many flowered; rachis glabrous or sometimes puberulous; bracts slightly spreading, linear-subulate. Pedicel slender, 2-3 mm, glabrous. Calyx shallowly funnelform; lobes triangular, glabrous. Petals white, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2 × 1.5-1 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate. Stamens subequaling or slightly longer than petals; filaments pilose; anthers oblong-globose. Ovary superior, sparsely puberulous. Capsule ca. 4.5 mm, slightly puberulous, many seeded. Fl. and fr. May-Jun. 2n = 22*.

* Sparse forests; low to medium altitudes. Taiwan.

Itea arisanensis Hayata; I. arisanensis var. longifolia Yamamoto; I. arisanensis var. parvifolia Yamamoto; I. chinensis Hooker & Arnott var. arisanensis (Hayata) Masamune; I. parviflora var. arisanensis (Hayata) H. L. Li; I. parviflora var. latifolia H. L. Li.

Itea parviflora là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Iteaceae. Loài này được Hemsl. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1895.

小花鼠刺（学名：Itea parviflora）为虎耳草科鼠刺属下的一个种。