Callicarpa bodinieri H. Léveillé var. lyi (H. Léveillé) Rehder; C. giraldii var. lyi (H. Léveillé) C. Y. Wu; C. lyi H. Léveillé; C. grisea Handel-Mazzetti; C. inamoena C. Y. Wu.

Leaf blade elliptic to broadly ovate, 10-17 X 4-10 cm, base narrowly cuneate to cuneate. Cymes and leaf blade abaxial surface densely gray stellate tomentose. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Oct.

Although placed in Callicarpa bodinieri in vol. 65(1) of Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. (1982), the holotype of C. giraldii var. subcanescens has yellow glands and must be placed here. * Mixed forests; usually below 2300 m. Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hunan, S Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang