黄花草(原变种) huang hua cao (yuan bian zhong)

Cleome viscosa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 672. 1753; C. icosandra Linnaeus; Polanisia viscosa (Linnaeus) Candolle.

Plants throughout with thin yellow viscid glandular trichomes and pubescence, with a bad smell. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Oct.

Grassy slopes, wastelands, orchards, rice paddies; near sea level to 300 m. S Anhui, S Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, E Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; tropical Africa, SW Asia, tropical Australia; naturalized in tropical America].