天胡荽(原变种) tian hu sui (yuan bian zhong)

Geophila yunnanensis H. Léveillé; Hydrocotyle formosana Masamune; H. keelungensis T. S. Liu et al.; H. rotundifolia Roxburgh ex de Candolle; H. tenella Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don.

Leaf blade shallowly 5–7-lobed or nearly entire, crenate.

Forests, wet grassy places, stream banks; 400–3000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam; tropical Africa].

This variety is the important medicinal herb “tian hu sui” of traditional Chinese medicine.