Size: shrub, 15-20' average height and spread at maturity
Buds: flower buds large with conspicuous leaf-like bracts at base
Leaves: evergreen, alternate, 4-8" long, simple, broadest above middle, dark green on top, greenish of brown-pubescent underside
Twigs: 1 bundle scar
Flowers: monoecious, rose, purple-pink to white, spotted with olive green to orange, 1-2" across, bloom in June
Fruit: dry capsule
Bark: brown with small ridges and furrows, trunks somewhat twisted
