小叶干花豆 xiao ye gan hua dou

Shrubs, to 2 m tall, erect. Stems yellowish tomentose. Stip­ules triangular-lanceolate, caducous. Leaves gathered at top of branchlets, 17-21-foliolate; rachis 15-20 cm, including petiole 3-5 cm; stipels filiform, ca. 1.5 mm; leaflet blades ovate-lan­ceolate, 2.5-6 × ca. 1.5 cm, abaxially densely pubescent to to­mentose. Pseudoracemes at base of branchlets of previous year, 8-13 cm; branchlet nodes obscure, with 2-5 flowers. Flowers 8-10 mm. Corolla mauve to purple. Legume clavate, 3.5-6 × ca. 1.5 cm, flat, glabrescent, dehiscent. Seeds 1(or 2) per legume, brown, orbicular, flattened, smooth. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Dec.

● Rocky slopes in valleys; 800-2000 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yun­nan.