小红参(原变种) xiao hong shen (yuan bian zhong)

Galium petiolatum Geddes.

Stems sparsely or densely hirsute. Leaf blade drying thickly textured, not black, ovate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly elliptic, length/breadth index usually less than 2, apex obtuse or slightly acuminate. Mericarps with spreading uncinate trichomes. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. May-Dec.

Forests, thickets, meadows on mountain slopes, streamsides, open fields, on rocks; 600-3500 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hunan, Qinghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand].