阔叶杭子梢 kuo ye hang zi shao

Lespedeza latifolia Dunn, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 488. 1903.

Shrubs, usually 1-2 m tall. Young branches densely whitish velutinous. Petiole 1.5-5 cm, densely ascending whitish velutinous; stipels absent; leaflets ovate to broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, terminal one 4-10 × 2-6 cm, leathery, abaxially ± densely whitish pubescent, adaxially ± densely puberulent, rarely glabrescent, base rounded, apex retuse and mucronulate. Racemes 6-13 cm; rachis and pedicels ± densely pubescent and with glandular hairs. Pedicels 2.5-5 mm. Calyx with ± dense ascending short hairs and glandular hairs; tube 1.5-1.8 mm; lobes triangular, 1.2-1.5 mm. Corolla purple; standard obovate, ca. 12 mm, apex obtuse; wings ca. 11.5 mm, clawed at base; keel incurved, 14.5-15.5 mm, clawed at base. Ovary narrowly ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm, shortly ascending hairy; style incurved, ca. 11.5 mm. Legume obliquely oblong, 8-11 × ca. 3.5 mm, shortly spreading hairy, apex acute.

● Mountain slopes, sunny places; 1200-1400 m. Yunnan.