Shrub, 1.5-3 (7) m tall; stems, petioles, lower leaf surfaces, axes of inflorescences, and hypanthia bearing very minute, reddish-brown, granular puberulence. Leaf pairs sometimes unequal; petioles to 6 cm long; blades ovate to elliptic, acuminate, attenuate (rarely rounded) and sometimes inequilateral at base, decurrent onto petiole, 11-24 cm long, 5-12 cm wide, glabrous above, sparsely ciliate, subentire, pliveined, the veins 5-7. Cymes axillary, minute, ca 1 cm long, usually occurring on leafless stems; hypanthium ovoid or oblong, to 3 mm long; calyx lobes 4, rounded, ca 1 mm long, reddish, the exterior teeth slender, 3-4 times as long as sepals with a few long bristles; petals 4, pink or white. Berries globose, 3-5 mm diam, green then red turning blue at maturity, minutely puberulent; seeds minute, numerous. Foster 1096. Collected once west of Armour Trail 100-200. Flowers and fruits throughout the year.