Aralia houheensis W. X. Wang et al.; A. pilosa Franchet.

Herbs, perennial, 40-100 cm tall, with short rhizome. Leaves 2-ternately to 2-pinnately compound; petiole 3-10 cm, puberulous to glabrous; petiolules 3-5 mm (terminal one to 2 cm); leaflets 3 per rachis, oblong-ovate, 3.5-10 × 2-6 cm, membranous, both surfaces villous on veins, secondary veins 6-8 pairs, subconspicuous, tertiary veins inconspicuous, base subcordate, margin crenate, apex caudate. Inflorescence a terminal corymb of umbels, villous; primary axis to 5 cm; bracts, linear, 2-7 mm; umbels 3-10-flowered; pedicels 2-3 mm, filiform. Ovary (3-)5-carpellate; styles (3-)5, free. Fruit subglobose, ca. 3 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Sep-Nov.

● Forests; 1500-2300 m. Anhui (Huang Shan), Chongqing (Jinfo Shan), Hubei (Xingshan), Shaanxi (Yangxian), Sichuan (Leibo).