Japan Flora: Much-branched erect shrub 1-3 m. high; leaves obovate or elliptic, 2-3 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, acute, acuminate at base, serru-late, white-pilose on midrib on upper side, loosely brownish pilose beneath, the petioles 1-3 mm. long, short-pilose; racemes pendulous, 5- to 10-flowercd, the axis 2-3 cm. long, with short spreading white pubescence, the bracts minute, the pedicels slender, 1-2.5 cm. long, glabrous except at base; calyx-lobes ovate, about 2 mm. long, acuminate, short-awned, white-cilio- latc; corolla white, urceolate, about 5 nun. long; capsules glabrous, ellipsoidal, about 4 mm. long, pendulous; styles 3-3.5 mm, long; seeds narrowly oblong, about 3 mm. long, not winged. May-July，Mountains;

Honshu (centr. and n. distr).