44a. Lonicera japonica var. japonica
忍冬(原变种) ren dong (yuan bian zhong)
Caprifolium japonicum (Thunberg) Dumortier; Lonicera brachypoda Candolle var. repens Siebold; L. fauriei H. Léveillé & Vaniot; L. japonica f. macrantha Matsuda; L. japonica var. repens (Siebold) Rehder; L. japonica var. sempervillosa Hayata; L. shintenensis Hayata.
Corolla white, later yellow-white.
Scrub or sparse forests on mountain slopes, stony places, roadsides; ca. 1500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].