疏花长柄山蚂蝗(原亚种) shu hua chang bing shan ma huang (yuan ya zhong)

Desmodium laxum Candolle, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 102. 1825; D. podocarpum Candolle var. laxum (Candolle) Baker; Podocarpium laxum (Candolle) Y. C. Yang & P. H. Huang.

Leaves sparse on or clustered at lower part of stem; ter­minal leaflet elliptic or ovate, 5-12 × 5-5.5 cm. Legume stipe ca. 1 cm. 2n = 22.

Broad-leaved forests on mountain slopes; 700-1400 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, ?Jiangxi, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].