2a. Rodgersia aesculifolia var. aesculifolia
七叶鬼灯檠(原变种) qi ye gui deng qing (yuan bian zhong)
Rodgersia platyphylla Pax & K. Hoffmann.
Leaflets herbaceous. Sepals 5(or 6), adaxially glabrous or with 1-3 subsessile glandular hairs; veins arcuate and pinnate, not or partly to completely confluent at apex.
* Forests, scrub, meadows, rock clefts; 1100-3400 m. SE Gansu, W Henan, W Hubei, S Ningxia (Jingyuan Xian), Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.
