Description
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Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, 1–3 m tall. Twigs, pubescent, glabrescent. Buds narrowly ovoid, 1–13 mm, glabrous. Petiole 3–6 mm, pubescent; leaf blade obovate, oblong-obovate, or ovate, 1.5–7 × 1–4 cm, papery to subleathery, abaxially villous or pubescent on veins or sometimes subglabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent on veins, otherwise glabrous, veins raised abaxially, midvein impressed adaxially, base broadly cuneate to rounded or subcordate, apex obtuse, rarely shortly acuminate, mucronate. Inflorescences (0.5–)1–4(–7) cm, densely fulvous-pubescent, rarely glabrous; bracts leaflike. Pedicel 3–5 mm, densely pubescent to glabrous. Calyx lobes oblong or narrowly lanceolate to linear, 3–4 mm, pubescent, also with glandular hairs. Corolla urceolate to tubular, 5–8 mm, abaxially pubescent; lobes ca. 0.5 mm. Filaments ca. 4 mm, pilose, without spurs. Ovary glabrous to pubescent. Capsule ovoid, with thick sutures, glabrous or rarely sparsely pubescent. Fl. May–Aug, fr. Sep–Oct.
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Distribution
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Himalaya (Garhwal to Bhutan), Tibet, N. Assam, N. Burma, W. China.
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Distribution
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Guizhou, Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].
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Habitat
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Abies, Betula, Picea, Pinus, Rhododendron, or mixed forests, thickets; 1000–3900 m.
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