Cardamine multiflora T. Y. Cheo & R. C. Fang, Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 1980(6): 21. 1980. TYPE: China, Sichuan, Paohsin Hsiaen, Mupin, 28 May 1954, Tzupu Soong 38262 (holotype, NAS!; isotypes, KUN!, PE!).

            Herbs, perennial. Rhizomes stout. Stems 35–75 cm, erect, angled, sparsely pilose, lower nodes sometimes producing stolons to 60 cm, branched above middle. Basal leaves withered by anthesis; middle cauline leaves pinnatisect; petiole (0.5–)1–3 cm, ciliate, gradually winged from apex to a much broader, auriculate or amplexicaul base; auricles oblong or ovate, (1.5–)2.5–10(–13) ´ 1–3(–5) mm, ciliate; terminal lobe broadly obovate or obovate-oblong, (0.5–)1–4.5(–6) ´ (0.6–)1–2.5(–3) cm, pilose, subsessile or with a petiolule 2–12 mm, base cuneate and often decurrent with adjacent lateral lobes, margin crenate, apex obtuse to subacute; lateral lobes 1–4 on each side of rachis, similar to terminal lobe but smaller; uppermost leaves and stolon leaves trifid, with oblanceolate or narrowly obovate terminal lobe decurrent with narrower and smaller lateral lobes; petiole rarely to 1 cm; auricles rarely to 2 mm or reduced to a tooth. Racemes ebracteate, many flowered, in panicles; fruiting pedicels divaricate or ascending, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous, straight. Sepals ovate or oblong, 2–3 ´ 1–1.5 mm, glabrous, lateral pair subsaccate; petals purple, spatulate, 6–8 ´ 2.5–3.5 mm, apex rounded; median filament pairs 3.5–5 mm, lateral pair 2.5–3.5 mm; anthers oblong, 0.9–1.3 mm; ovules 12–16 per ovary. Fruit linear, 1–2 cm ´ 1.2–1.5 mm; valves smooth, glabrous; style 1–3 mm. Seeds brown, oblong, 1.5–1.7 ´ 0.8–1 mm, wingless.

Flowering: May-Jul.

Habitat: mountain slopes, damp places, forests.

Elevation: 2100–3700 m.

Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan).