Tree 15 to 25 m tall with sparse crown. Often with root suckers. In extreme locations is just bush. In the youth may be hairy. Leaf blade round to ovoid, hairless on both sides (± in mountains) or sparsely hairy (± in lowlands).Root suckers and seedlings leaves are cordate and hairy. Edge of leaf is denticulate, suckers leaf edge is serrated. Petiole squeezed. The fruit are 3,5 mm long thin-walled capsules. Seeds are long to 1,5 mm, gray-brown to gray-purple colored. Shoots: Shoots are round, glabrous, shiny, the brown-colored. Natural range: Eurasia (central, south, and eastern Europe, Western Asia), North Africa; in our area domestic.