异名：Hemsleya trifoliolata Cogn. (synonym)、Thladiantha hookeri C. B. Clarke var. palmatifolia Chakr. f. trifoliata (Cogn.) Chakr. (synonym)、Thladiantha trifoliolata (Cogn.) Merr. (synonym)

var. palmatifolia Chakr. in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 22. no. 48: 122. 1948, et in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 17 (1): 128. 1959.——Hemsleya trifoliolata Cogn. in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. 6: 304. 1909.——Thladiantha trifoliolata (Gogn.) Merr. in Sunyatsenia 3: 261. 1937. ——Thladiantha hookeri C. B. Clarke var. palmatifolica Chakr. f. trifoliata (Cogn.) Chakr. in Not. Edinb. 22, no. 48: 122. 1948, et in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 17 (1): 128. 1959.

叶通常为掌状3小叶，小叶长圆状披针形，中间小叶先端渐尖，基部渐狭成楔形，侧生小叶偏斜，外侧耳状。花6-多数生于柔弱的总状花序上，在花序上排列较密集，花梗长不及1厘米，花较小，花冠裂片长约1厘米。

产云南。生于海拔950-2300米的山坡灌丛、林缘或林下。印度半岛东北部、中南半岛也有。