Young stems terete to frequently 4-angled or subalate, glabrous, puberulous, pubescent, or tomentose, often glabrescent.

嫩茎圆柱状到经常地四棱形或略似翼的，无毛，被微柔毛，短柔毛，或被绒毛的，通常后脱落。

Rachis and pedicels lanuginose or tomentose; bracts orbicular-ovate, 5–7 mm, both surfaces densely sericeous; calyx adaxially densely sericeous; leaf base subcordate.

轴和花梗被绒毛或者被绒毛；卵形苞片圆形，5-7毫米，两面密被绢毛；正面的花萼是密被绢毛；叶基部近心形。