[2] It is native to Central Asia, where it occurs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

The dull green, oval-shaped leaves vary in size.

Tubular flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils.

The flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long and are a pink-tinged white in color.

[3] This species was described (as Abelia corymbosa) by Eduard August von Regel and Johannes Theodor Schmalhausen in 1878, and transferred to Zabelia by Tomitaro Makino in 1948.