《Flora of China》|| Fabaceae || Lespedeza ||椭圆叶胡枝子 Lespedeza

4c. Lespedeza thunbergii subsp. elliptica (Bentham ex Max­imowicz) H. Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 84: 218. 2009.

椭圆叶胡枝子 tuo yuan ye hu zhi zi

Lespedeza elliptica Bentham ex Maximowicz, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 353. 1873; L. bicolor subsp. ellip­tica (Bentham ex Maximowicz) P. S. Hsu, X. Y. Li & D. X. Gu; L. formosa subsp. elliptica (Bentham ex Maximowicz) S. Aki­yama & H. Ohba.

Subshrubs. Lateral calyx lobes usually 1.5-3 × as long as calyx tube.

Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [E India].