Securinega suffruticosa, Securinega ramiflora, or Chinese hebler, or securinega branched, or semi-shrub weathervane (lat. Flueggea suffruticosa).
Spreading dioecious shrub with numerous straight thin branches, up to 1.5-2 m high.
The bark on old branches is gray, young shoots are light yellow. The leaves are small, oval-shaped, light green, 1.5–7 cm long and 0.6–3.5 cm wide.
The flowers are unisexual, inconspicuous, green or yellow-green; male (pistillate) flowers are solitary, female (staminate) flowers are arranged in bunches. Blooms in June - July. Honey plant.
The fruit is a three-lobed capsule with six seeds. The seeds are smooth, obtusely triangular, with a thin skin, about 2 mm long. Fruits in September - October.
It grows on dry rocky slopes, usually at their base, on rocks, on old pebbles, often in small groups or singly.
It is an excellent ornamental plant. Gardeners value it for its delicate, like openwork crown, for its good growth, as well as for its very picturesque autumn attire. The cold forces Securinega to change the color of its leaves to an exquisite light yellow, and the fruit-boxes, similar to earrings, hanging on long stalks deep in the crown, give the plant a particularly elegant appearance.
It is undemanding to soil composition and acidity, but prefers moist soils. It is better to choose a place for planting that is sunny or in partial shade.