藤山柳(原亚种) teng shan liu (yuan ya zhong)

Clethra scandens Franchet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 10: 53. 1888; Clematoclethra cordifolia Franchet; C. guangxiensis C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. guizhouensis C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. leiboensis C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen ex C. Y. Chang; C. loniceroides C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. maximowiczii Baillon; C. nanchuanensis W. T. Wang ex C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. oliviformis C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. pachyphylla C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. pauciseta C. Y. Chang; C. pyrifolia C. Y. Chang; C. sichuanensis C. Shih ex C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. strigillosa Franchet; C. variabilis C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. variabilis var. multinervis C. F. Liang & Y. C. Chen; C. wilsonii Hemsley.

Young annual branchlets setose, puberulent, or tomentose. Leaves usually tomentose abaxially. Cymes (1-)3-6-flowered. Petioles and sepals tomentose to glabrous, rarely intermixed lanate or setose. Berry usually red when mature, occasionally black. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.

● Sparse forests, thickets, mountain slopes, valleys; 1500-2500 m. Chongqing, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.