短毛独活(原变种) duan mao du huo (yuan bian zhong)

Heracleum barbatum Ledebour subsp. moellendorffii (Hance) M. Hiroe; H. dissectum Ledebour subsp. moellendorffii (Hance) Voroschilov; H. lanatum Michaux subsp. moellendorffii (Hance) H. Hara; H. microcarpum Franchet; H. morifolium H. Wolff.

Basal and lower leaves ternate or ternate-pinnate, leaflets 3–5. Fruit obovoid; vittae solitary in furrows, 2 on commissure.

Open forests, forest margins, shaded valleys, streamsides; below 3200 m. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].

This variety has reputed medicinal value.