华美杭子梢 hua mei hang zi shao

Lespedeza decora Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 231. 1874; Campylotropis sericophylla (Collett & Hemsley) Schindler; C. sessilifolia Schindler; L. sericophylla Collett & Hemsley.

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m tall. Young branches densely ascending or spreading hairy. Petiole 0.5-3.5 cm, densely ascending hairy; stipels absent; leaflets obovate to elliptic, terminal one 2-5 × 1-3.5 cm, abaxially densely appressed or ascending hairy, adaxi­ally glabrous or pubescent, base obtuse, apex retuse and mu­cronulate. Racemes 2-9 cm; rachis and pedicels with ascending or spreading short hairs and dense glandular hairs. Pedicels 4-10 mm. Calyx with appressed or ascending short hairs mixed with glandular hairs; tube 1.5-2.5 mm; lobes narrowly trian­gular, ca. 4 mm. Corolla blue; standard elliptic, ca. 10 mm, apex obtuse; wings ca. 9 mm, clawed at base; keel incurved, ca. 14 mm, clawed at base. Ovary ca. 2 mm; style incurved, ca. 9.5 mm. Legume obliquely ovoid or obovoid, 6-7 mm, shortly as­cending hairy, apex obtuse. Seeds purplish brown, reniform, ca. 2 × 3.5 mm.

S Yunnan [Laos, Myanmar, Thailand].