箐姑草(原变种) qing gu cao (yuan bian zhong)

Stellaria hamiltoniana Majumdar; S. laxa Merrill; S. pseudosaxatilis Handel-Mazzetti; S. saxatilis Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don (1825), not Scopoli (1772); S. saxatilis f. petiolata Mizushima; S. stellatopilosa Hayata.

Stems 30--60(--90) cm tall. Leaves ovate or elliptic, 1--3.5 × 0.8--2 cm, both surfaces stellate hairy, midvein conspicuous abaxially, base rounded, rarely narrowed into a short petiole, apex acute, rarely acuminate.

Stony places, grassland slopes, forests; 600--3600 m. Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sikkim, Vietnam].