A semi-evergreen shrub to about 2 m tall. Leaves ovate, to about 3 cm long, 1 cm wide, blunt-tipped, teeth few if any. Flowers clustered along the stem, the corolla funnel-shaped with a slight swelling at the base, pink, about 3 cm long, flowers larger than those of A. ×grandiflora.

Central China

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Caprifoliaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Abelia schumannii)