Hylodesmum podocarpum subsp. oxyphyllum var. mandshuricum ("Yabuhagi")

Japanese name: ヤブハギ （薮萩）
Scientific name: Hylodesmum podocarpum subsp. oxyphyllum var. mandshuricum

[Overview]
A perennial 30–120 cm tall, found in forests.
It has creeping rhizomes.
4–6 leaves are arranged alternately around the middle of the stem; they are trifoliate, and the terminal leaflet is ovate.
The leaves are thin, whitish and almost hairless on the underside, and the reticulate veins are not very conspicuous.
Pseudoracemose to pseudopaniculate inflorescences up to 30 cm long emerge from the stem tips and leaf axils, bearing sparse flowers.
The flowers are pea-shaped, 3–5 mm long, with white petals tinged with pink at the tips.
The fruit is flat and usually constricted into 2 segments, each triangular.
The fruit surface has hooked hairs, and it is carried by clinging to clothing and animals.

[Uses]
The whole plant is used medicinally.

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