- Scientific Name: Begonia grandis subsp. sinensis (A.DC.) Irmsch.
- Ref: Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:497. 1939
- Synonym: Begonia sinensis A.DC.
- English Common Name: Chinese begonia
- Chinese Common Name: 中华秋海棠 Zhōnghuá qiū∙hǎitáng
- Japanese Common Name: チュウカシュウカイドウ [中華秋海棠] chūkashūkaidō
- Family: Begoniaceae
- Genus: Begonia
- Distribution: Forests, on limestone rocks in shaded moist environments, on slopes, or in valleys; 300-3400 m. Fujian, S Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, E Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
- Photo: 07/25/2012, Mt. Emei, Sichuan
Stem 20-40 cm tall, weak, usually not branched. Leaf blade abaxially pale, occasionally reddish, elliptic-ovate or triangular-ovate, 5-12(-20) × 3.5-9(-13) cm, both surfaces glabrous or subglabrous. Filaments connate for less than 2 mm. Styles connate or slightly connate at base, branched; stigma spirally tortuous, rarely U-shaped. (Flora of China)