华中前胡(原变种) hua zhong qian hu (yuan bian zhong)

Plants tall and stout; leaf blade broadly triangular-ovate in outline, 20–40 × 10–20 cm, subcoriaceous, shiny adaxially.

Wet rocky slopes, grassy places; 700–2000 m. Chongqing, N Guangdong (Lian Xian), NE Guangxi (Guanyang), E Guizhou (Zhenyuan), W Hubei (Badong, Jianshi), Hunan (Jishou, Shaoyang), W Jiangxi (Lianhua, Wugong Shan), NE Sichuan (Wanyuan).

The root is used in Hebei as a regional substitute for the traditional Chinese medicine “qian hu” (see Peucedanum praeruptorum).