瞿麦(原亚种) qu mai (yuan ya zhong)

Dianthus szechuensis F. N. Williams.

Plants green or only slightly glaucous; petal limb ca. 2 cm.

Wooded hills, forest margins, meadows, mountain valley streams; 400--3700 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Zhejiang [Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, N and W Mongolia, Russia (Far East, Siberia); Europe].

The species is used medicinally.