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General:
Deciduous shrub with long, weak, sparsely thorny, smooth, climbing branches, 1-6 m tall.
Leaves:
Alternate, elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3-7 cm long and 1.5-3.5 cm wide on new shoots, 1-1.5 cm long and 2-3 mm wide on old stems, short-stalked, entire.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 1-4 axillary flowers on stalks 0.7-2 cm long; corollas lavender or purple, funnel-shaped, 9-14 mm long, with 4-7 spreading lobes, the lobes shorter than the tube; calyces tubular, 3-5 mm long, 3- to 6-lobed.
Fruits:
Berries, egg-shaped, red, 1-2 cm long; seeds 10-20.
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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