掌叶复盆子(原变种) zhang ye fu pen zi (yuan bian zhong)

Rubus officinalis Koidzumi; R. palmatus Hemsley (1887), not Thunberg (1784).

Leaves palmately 5-parted, rarely 3- or 7-parted. Flowers 2.5–4 cm in diam. Petals 1–1.5(–2) cm.

Slopes, shaded thickets, roadsides; Low to medium elevations. Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang [Japan].

Further study is required to determine the identity of Rubus septemlobus H. L. Li (J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 62. 1945), described from Guangxi, which might be synonymous with R. chingii var. chingii.