22a. Campylotropis polyantha var. polyantha
小雀花(原变种) xiao que hua (yuan bian zhong)
Lespedeza eriocarpa Candolle var. polyantha Franchet, Pl. Delavay. 168. 1890; Campylotropis muehleana (Schindler) Schindler; C. polyantha f. macrophylla P. Y. Fu; C. polyantha f. souliei (Schindler) P. Y. Fu; C. polyantha var. tomentosa P. Y. Fu; C. reticulata S. S. Chien; C. reticulinervis C. Y. Wu; C. souliei Schindler; C. tomentosipetiolata P. Y. Fu; C. wangii Ricker; L. blinii H. Léveillé; L. dichromoxylon H. Léveillé; L. eriocarpa var. chinensis Pampanini; L. eriocarpa subvar. polyantha (Franchet) Pampanini; L. muehleana Schindler; L. polyantha (Franchet) Schindler.
Bracts 1-3.5 mm, caducous before flowering. Pedicels 3-8 mm. Fl. and fr. Mar-Nov(-Dec).
● Mountain slopes, sunny thickets, rocky mountains, roadsides, grasslands, streamsides; 400-3200 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, E Xizang, Yunnan.
The root is used medicinally for reducing fever, promoting diuresis, expelling phlegm, and relieving pain.
This variety includes two forms: one with pubescent legumes, Campylotropis polyantha f. polyantha, and the other with glabrous lateral surfaces of legumes, C. polyantha f. leiocarpa (Pampanini) Iokawa & H. Ohashi (J. Jap. Bot. 77: 319. 2002; Lespedeza eriocarpa f. leiocarpa Pampanini, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 17: 22. 1910; C. polyantha var. leiocarpa (Pampanini) E. Peter).
