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. villosulus (Harms) Li in Sargentia 2: 85. 1942——Acanthopanax villosulus Harms in Sargent, Pl. Wils. 562. 1916 & in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. 27: 25. 1918; 钟心煊, 科学社丛刊1: 188. 1924.

本变种和原变种的区别在于小叶片上面尤毛或稍有刚毛，下面脉上有长柔毛和刚毛。

分布于陕西（太白山）、四川（青神）和湖南（黔阳）。生于山坡路旁和灌木丛林中。