Size: shrub, 6-8' average height at maturity, 10-12' spread (species)
Buds: brownish, wooly pubescent
Leaves: deciduous, opposite, 1-2.5" long, .5-1.25" wide, simple, broad ovate to obovate, margins entire, acute tip, rich blue-green
Twigs: pubescent, gray, brown pith
Flowers: monoecious, yellow-white, not conspicuous
Fruit: dark red, not conspicuous
Bark: gray
