6a. Tephrosia purpurea var. purpurea
灰毛豆(原变种) hui mao dou (yuan bian zhong)
Cracca purpurea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 752. 1753; Galega purpurea (Linnaeus) Linnaeus; Glycyrrhiza mairei H. Léveillé.
Plants ± pubescent. Stipules ca. 4 mm. Leaflet blades oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate-elliptic, 1.5-3.5 × 0.4-1.4 cm, abaxially appressed pubescent, adaxially glabrous. Racemes ca. 10 cm, slender. Legume 4-5 cm × 4(-6) mm, with trichomes. Seeds grayish brown, spotted, smooth. 2n = 22, 44.
Open places, slopes. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam].
