China
Locality: Gansu Province: Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Hezheng County: ., Song Ming Yan National Forest Park
Coordinates: 35.1855, 103.4107
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Elevation: 2865m.
Environment description: mesic deciduous forest; open shrub, small tree meadow, 45 degrees, NW, rich organic
Comment: Shrub, height 3-4 meters, D.B.H. 8 centimeters. Bark brown, somewhat furrowed. Leaves elliptical; auriculate leaf base; tan tomentum on first year leaves, rufous tomentum on second year leaves. Fruit: green capsules., Collected from several plants.
Collector(s): - Aiello, Anthony, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
- Bachtell, Kris, The Morton Arboretum
- Scanlan, Martin, U.S. National Arboretum
- Sun, Xue-gang, Gansu Agricultural University
- Wang, Kang, Beijing Botanical Garden