Evergreen shrub to about 5 m tall. Leaves holly-like, to about 10 cm long, 6 cm wide, glossy above, margins spiny. Flowers in 3s in long, dense, spike-like clusters to over 30 cm long, pale green, fragrant; summer.

W China.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Grossulariaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.