中文名（Chinese Name）：猬实
学名（Scientific Name）： Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebn.
英文名（English Common Name）：beautybush
别名（Chinese Common Name）：蝟实
异名（Synonym）：
科属（Family & Genus）：忍冬科（Caprifoliaceae）蝟实属
形态特征（Description）：多分枝直立灌木，高达3米；幼枝红褐色，被短柔毛及糙毛，老枝光滑，茎皮剥落。叶椭圆形至卵状椭圆形，长3-8厘米，宽1.5-2.5厘米，顶端尖或渐尖，基部圆或阔楔形，全缘，少有浅齿状，上面深绿色，两面散生短毛，脉上和边缘密被直柔毛和睫毛；叶柄长1-2毫米。伞房状聚伞花序具长1-1.5厘米的总花梗，花梗几不存在；苞片披针形，紧贴子房基部；萼筒外面密生长刚毛，上部缢缩似颈，裂片钻状披针形，长0.5厘米，有短柔毛；花冠淡红色，长1.5-2.5厘米，直径1-1.5厘米，基部甚狭，中部以上突然扩大，外有短柔毛，裂片不等，其中二枚稍宽短，内面具黄色斑纹；花药宽椭圆形；花柱有软毛，柱头圆形，不伸出花冠筒外。果实密被黄色刺刚毛，顶端伸长如角，冠以宿存的萼齿。花期5-6月，果熟期8-9月。
分布（Distribution）：产山西、陕西、甘肃、河南、湖北及安徽等省。生于海拔350-1340米的山坡、路边和灌丛中。
用途（Use）：美丽的观赏植物，欧洲已广泛引种。
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 19 Page 646
Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebner, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 593. 1901.
蝟实 wei shi| Linnaeaceae  | Kolkwitzia
Kolkwitzia amabilis var. calicina Pampanini; K. amabilis var. tomentosa Pampanini.
Shrubs, erect, to 3 m tall. Branchlets hirsute, becoming glabrous. Petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 3-8 × 1.5-2.5 cm, both surfaces sparsely pubescent, densely spreading pubescent and ciliate on veins and margin, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin entire, rarely shallowly dentate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence paniculate; flowers single or paired (flowers opening consecutively) in same inflorescence; peduncle 10-15 mm; bracts lanceolate, tightly adnate to base of ovary. Sepals 5, lanceolate, to 5 mm, pubescent. Corolla whitish, tinged pink, 15-25 mm, outside pubescent, base very narrow, abruptly enlarged above middle; lower lip 3-lobed, bearded, with orange reticulate markings; upper lip 2-lobed. Ovary bottle-shaped with a long neck; style pubescent; stigmas capitate, inserted. Achenes embedded in spongy, woody, and bristly bracts, apex elongated, crowned with persistent, non-accrescent sepals. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 32*.
● Mountain slopes, roadsides, scrub; 300-1300 m. Anhui, Gansu, ?Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi.
This species is rare in the wild but widely cultivated.

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