The mallow (scientific name: Caragana?sinica?(Buc'hoz) Rehder) is a plant of the genus Mallow in the family Leguminosae. Shrubs, 1-2 meters high. Bark dark brown; branchlets angular, glabrous. Stipules triangular, hardened into needles, 5-7 mm long; leaf rachis deciduous or hardened into needles. Flowers solitary, pedicel ca. 1 cm, jointed at middle. Pods cylindric, 3-3.5 cm long, ca. 5 mm wide. Flowering April-May, fruiting July.

Distributed in China in Hebei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, N Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan (Dali, Kunming). It grows in thickets or cultivated on mountain slopes at an elevation of ca. 1800 m. It is a species of the genus ?

Mallows are used for ornamental purposes or as hedges. The root bark is used medicinally to dispel wind and activate blood circulation, soothe tendons, remove dampness and diuretic, and relieve cough and phlegm.