Vitex incisa Lamarck var. heterophylla Franchet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., ser. 2, 6: 112. 1883; V. chinensis Miller; V. incisa Lamarck; V. negundo var. incisa (Lamarck) C. B. Clarke.

Leaflets deeply incised, essentially pinnatifid, abaxially densely gray tomentose.

Mixed thickets on mountain slopes and along roadsides; 200-1800 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan [India; SE Asia].