9a. Sophora davidii var. davidii
白刺槐(原变种) bai ci huai (yuan bian zhong)
Sophora moorcroftiana (Bentham) Baker var. davidii Franchet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 5: 253; Pl. David. 1: 101. 1883; Caragana chamlago B. Meyer (1909), not C. chamlagu Lamarck (1785); S. moorcroftiana subsp. viciifolia Yakovlev; S. viciifolia Hance (1881), not Salisbury (1796).
Leaflets 11-19, elliptic-ovate or obovate-oblong, 10-15 mm, lateral veins not obvious. Corolla white or creamy white. Legumes slightly compressed, not obviously constricted between seeds. Seeds 3-5.
● Valley scrub, hill slopes; below 2500 m. Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.