中华野葵 zhong hua ye kui

Herbs biennial or perennial. Leaf blade margin not wrinkled; blades on distal part of stem with lobes rounded. Flowers in looser fascicles. Pedicels very unequal, longest to 4 cm, easily seen. Schizocarp 5-7 mm in diam.

Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [N India, Korea, Pakistan].

This variety was misidentified as Malva verticillata var. chinensis by S. Y. Hu and subsequent Chinese authors, but the type of var. chinensis is typical of M. verticillata var. verticillata.