接受名：Eleutherococcus nodiflorus (Dunn) S. Y. Hu (accepted name)

异名：Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm. (synonym)、Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm. var. major C. Ho (synonym)、Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm. var. nodiflorus (Dunn) H. L. Li (synonym)、Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm. var. pubescens (Pamp.) H. L. Li (synonym)、Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm. var. trifoliolatus C. B. Shang (synonym)、Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm. var. villosulus (Harms) H. L. Li (synonym)、Acanthopanax hondae Matsuda (synonym)、Acanthopanax nodiflorus Dunn (synonym)、Acanthopanax spinosus (Linn. f.) Miq

Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Smith var. nodiflorus (Dunn) Li in Sargentia 2: 86. 1942——Acanthopanax nodiflorus Dunn in Journ. Bot. 47: 199. 1009 & in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 39: 413. 1911; Harms in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. 27: 24. 1918; 钟心煊, 科学社丛刊1: 187. 1924.

本变种和原变种的区别在于小叶片上面粗糙，有刚毛，下面粗糙或有短柔毛。

分布于江西（庐山）、湖南（祁阳）、广西和广东（阳山、乳源）。生于山坡路旁或林缘。