Campanumoea javanica var. japonica Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 155. 1908; C. japonica Maximowicz (1868), not Siebold ex E. Morren (1863); C. maximowiczii Honda; Codonopsis javanica subsp. japonica (Makino) Lammers.

Leaf blade 2.6-8 × 2.2-6.5 cm. Calyx lobes ovate or lanceolate, or rarely narrowly triangular, 8-12(-17) mm. Corolla 6-13 mm. Berry greenish white suffused with red, 7-15 mm in diam.

S Anhui, Fujian, SE Gansu (Wenxian), N Guangdong (Huaiji, Lianxian), Guangxi (Jiuwan Dashan), N Guizhou, W Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan (E of Erlang Shan), Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan].