日本胡枝子(原亚种) ri ben hu zhi zi (yuan ya zhong)

Desmodium thunbergii Candolle, Prodr. 2: 337. 1825; D. penduliflorum Oudemans; Lespedeza bicolor Turczaninow var. velutina Nakai; L. formosa (Vogel) Koehne subsp. velutina (Nakai) S. Akiyama & H. Ohba; L. formosa var. velutina (Nakai) S. Akiyama & H. Ohba; L. intermedia Nakai var. angustifolia Nakai; L. japonica L. H. Bailey f. angustifolia (Nakai) Murata; L. liukiuensis Hatusima; L. penduliflora (Oudemans) Nakai; L. sieboldii Miquel.

Shrubs or perennial herbs. Lateral calyx lobes usually 1-1.5 × as long as calyx tube.

Mountain slopes, forest margins, roadsides, thickets; below 2800 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang [India, Japan, Korea].