Astilbe chinensis (Maximowicz) Franchet & Savatier var. longicarpa Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 25(19): 86. 1908.

Herbs 32-150 cm tall. Stems glabrous. Leaves 2-pinnately compound; common petiole brown long pilose; leaflets narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 3-9 × 1.2-3.5 cm, both surfaces sparsely hairy, base cuneate to cordate (usually oblique on lateral leaflets), margin doubly serrate, apex acute. Panicle 6.5-28 cm; branches and pedicels glandular hairy. Sepals 5, elliptic, ca. 1.4 × 0.6 mm, glabrous, margin entire, apex truncate or rounded. Petals 5, usually oblanceolate, 3-3.2 × 0.8-1 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse or retuse. Stamens 10, 3-4.5 mm. Pistil ca. 3 mm; carpels 2, free; ovary subsuperior. Fl. and fr. Jul-Nov.

* Low to medium altitudes. Taiwan.