- Scientific Name: Zabelia dielsii (Graebner) Makino
- Ref: Makinoa. 9: 175. 1948.
- Synonym: Linnaea dielsii Graebner, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 140. 1900; Abelia anhweiensis Nakai; A. brachystemon (Diels) Rehder; A. davidii Hance; A. dielsii (Graebner) Rehder; A. hersii Nakai; A. onkocarpa (Graebner) Rehder; A. umbellata (Graebner & Buchwald) Rehder; A. zanderi (Graebner) Rehder; L. brachystemon Diels; L. onkocarpa Graebner; L. umbellata Graebner & Buchwald; L. zanderi Graebner; Zabelia brachystemon (Diels) Golubkova.
- Chinese Common Name: 南方六道木 nan fang liu dao mu
- Family: Caprifoliaceae, Linnaeaceae
- Genus: Zabelia
- Distribution: Scrub, forests, grasslands; 800-3700 m. Anhui, Fujian, SE Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, S Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
- Photo:06/06/2010, Qingliangfeng, Zhejiang
Shrubs deciduous, 2-3 m tall. Petiole 4-7 mm, sparsely hispid. Leaf blade narrowly ovate or obovate to lanceolate, 30-80 × 5-30 mm, abaxially glabrous but with stiff hairs on veins, adaxially sparsely pubescent when young, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire or with 1-6 pairs of teeth, apex acute to long acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, of paired flowers (occasionally more due to supernumerary flowers axillary to bracteoles); flowers sessile but long pedunculate, peduncles often appearing ± fused; peduncles 0-12 mm; flowers with 3 bracts at base of each ovary; bracts 1-6 mm. Sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate or obovate. Corolla white sometimes tinged red abaxially, 4-lobed; lobes orbicular, 1/3 or 1/5 as long as tube; tube pubescent inside. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Ovary to 8 mm, with sparse, stiff hairs; styles long, equaling corolla, slender; stigmas capitate, not exserted from corolla tube. Achene 1-1.5 cm, crowned with 4 persistent and slightly enlarged sepals. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep.(Flora of China)
