青杞 qing qi

Solanum septemlobum var. ovoideocarpum C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang; S. septemlobum var. subintegrifolium C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang.

Herbs or shrubs, erect, unarmed; pubescence of curved simple, often glandular hairs. Stems angular, usually white pubescent, sometimes glabrescent. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade ovate, 3-9 × 2-6 cm, base cuneate, usually 3-7-parted, sometimes upper leaves subentire, apex obtuse; lobes ovate-oblong to lanceolate, sparsely pubescent, entire or dentate. Inflorescences extra-axillary or appearing terminal, open panicles; peduncle 2-5 cm, puberulent or glabrous. Pedicel 5-10 mm, usually basally articulated. Calyx ca. 2 mm in diam., sparsely pubescent abaxially; lobes deltate, 0.5-1 mm. Corolla greenish purple, 8-10 × 8-10 mm, 5-parted; lobes oblong-ovate, 4-6 mm, pubescent, ciliate, reflexed. Filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers oblong, 2.5-3.5 mm. Style ca. 7 mm. Berry red, subglobose or ovoid, ca. 8 mm in diam. Seeds discoid, 2-3 mm in diam. Fl. Jun-Oct, fr. Oct-Dec.

Sunny slopes; 300-2500 m. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, E Xizang, Zhejiang [Russia]

Solanum septemlobum var. indutum Handel-Mazzetti (Oesterr. Bot. Z. 83: 234. 1934) was distinguished by being densely covered overall with capitate glandular hairs of varying length, but this condition sometimes occurs in more or less typical material of S. septemlobum. Without seeing the type material, which was collected in S Shaanxi, the identity of this variety remains uncertain.