Cardamine multijuga Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 399. 1886; C. griffithii J. D. Hooker & Thomson subsp. multijuga (Franchet) O. E. Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 506. 1903. TYPE: China, Yunnan, Mo-soyn, near Lankong, 28 Jun 1884, Delavay 697 (holotype, P!; isotypes, E!, GH!, P!, US!).

            Herbs, perennial, glabrous throughout. Rhizomes creeping, without stolons. Stems (2–)4–10(–16) dm, erect, simple or branched above, rooting from lowermost nodes, striate angled, 11–25-leaved. Leaves sessile, cauline; lower and middle ones 2.2–6(–10) cm; terminal leaflet orbicular or broadly obovate, 3–12 ´ 3–11 mm, with a petiolule 0.5–6 mm, base subcordate or cuneate, margin repand and not ciliate, apex obtuse or rounded; lateral leaflets (7 or)8–11(–15) pairs, slightly smaller than terminal one, ovate or ovate-oblong, base obtuse, margin repand and not ciliate, apex obtuse or rounded; proximal pair of lateral leaflets auriclelike, attached at or just above node, often giving appearance of amplexicaul leaf base; uppermost leaves smaller. Racemes ebracteate; fruiting pedicels divaricate, 1–2 cm, slender, straight. Sepals oblong, 2.5–3 ´ 1.5–2 mm, spreading; petals purple or lavender, obovate, 7–9 ´ 3–4 mm, not clawed, apex rounded; filaments spreading, subequal, 4–5 mm; anthers narrowly oblong, 1.5–1.7 mm; ovules 10–16 per ovary. Fruits (young) glabrous; styles 2–4 mm; stigma entire. Seeds (immature) wingless.

Flowering Jun–Jul.

Habitat: streamsides, marshy places.

Elevation: 200–2800 m.

Distibution: China (Yunnan).