狗肝菜Dicliptera chinensis (Linn.) Juss.

别名：Chinese foldwing;肝火草;青蛇仔;紫燕草;天青菜;九节篱;假米针;假红蓝;灯台草;呷金;厕缸乌;厕缸青;半枝莲;天星娘;九头狮子草;猪肝菜;羊肝菜;野青仔;田螺茜;土羚羊;六角英;金龙枘;金龙棒;路边青;小青;屎缸青;乌面草;乌面礼;乌疔草;华九头狮子草;

科名：爵床科 Acanthaceae

属名：狗肝菜属 Dicliptera

《中国植物志》第70卷236页
  2.狗肝菜（中国高等植物图鉴）华九头狮子草（台湾植物志）图版37: 1-5
  Dicliptera chinensis(L. )Juss. in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 268. 1807; Nees in DC Prodr. 11: 477. 1847; Benth. , Fl. Hongkong: 266. 1861; R. Ben. in H. Lec. Fl. Gen. Ind.-Chine 4: 767. fig. 82. 1-5. 1935; Merr. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. n. s. 24(2): 358. 1935; Hara, Enum. Spermat. Jap. 1: 294. 1949; 广州植物志: 613. 1956; Masamune in Sci. Rep. Kanagawa Univ. 4: 74. 1955; Hatusima, Fl. Ryukyu: 563. 1971; 海南植物志3: 563. 1974;中国高等植物图鉴4: 172. 1975; C. F. Hseih et T. C. Huang in Taiwania 19(1): 21. 1974, et in Fl. Taiwan 4: 627. 1978, ibid ed. 2. 4: 654. pl. 299. 1998; Walker, Fl. Okinawa: 959. 1976; Hara in Journ. Jap. Bot. 55(11): 323. 1980;云南种子植物名录(下册): 1673. 1984.——Justicia chinensis L. Sp. Pl. 16. 1753; ——Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees in Wall. , Pl. As. Rar. 3: 111. 1832; in DC. Prdr. 11: 483. 1847, excl. Pl. Assam; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 553. 1884; Hand.-Mazz. , Symb. Sin. 7: 899. 1936;中国高等植物图鉴4: 172. 1975. ——Dicliptera burmanni Nees in Wall. , Pl. As. Rar. 3: 112. 1832, excl. Wallich no. 2466 C & E; in DC. Prodr. 11: 483. 1874. p. p.
  草本，高30-80厘米；茎外倾或上升，具6条钝棱和浅沟，节常膨大膝曲状，近无毛或节处被疏柔毛。叶卵状椭圆形，顶端短渐尖，基部阔楔形或稍下延，长2-7厘米，宽1.5-3.5厘米，纸质，绿深色，两面近无毛或背面脉上被疏柔毛；叶柄长5-25毫米。花序腋生或顶生，由3-4个聚伞花序组成，每个聚伞花序有1至少数花，具长3-5毫米的总花梗，下面有2枚总苞状苞片，总苞片阔倒卵形或近圆形，稀披针形，大小不等，长6-12毫米，宽3-7毫米，顶端有小凸尖，具脉纹，被柔毛；小苞片线状披针形，长约4毫米；花萼裂片5，钻形，长约4毫米；花冠淡紫红色，长约10-12毫米，外面被柔毛，2唇形，上唇阔卵状近圆形，全缘，有紫红色斑点，下唇长圆形，3浅裂；雄蕊2，花丝被柔毛，药室2，卵形，一上一下。蒴果长约6毫米，被柔毛，开裂时由蒴底弹起，具种子4粒。
  产福建（龙岩）、台湾、广东（从化、花县、清远、高要、大埔、怀集、广州、台山、深圳）、海南（保亭、三亚和澄迈）、广西（桂林、龙州）、香港、澳门、云南（易门、勐仑、小勐养）、贵州（黔南）、四川（峨眉、峨边）。生于海拔1800米以下疏林下、溪边、路旁。分布于孟加拉国、印度东北部、中南半岛。
  可药用，清热解毒，生津利尿。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 19 (2011)
Dicliptera chinensis  (Linnaeus) Jussieu Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 268. 1807.
狗肝菜   gou gan cai
Justicia chinensis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 16. 1753; Diapedium chinense (Linnaeus) K. D. Koenig & Sims; Dicliptera burmanni Nees; D. roxburghiana Nees.
Herbs 30-80 cm tall, annual or biennial. Stems ridged, basally diffuse, apically erect, glabrous except for pubescence on young branches and nodes. Petiole to 0.5-3 cm, puberulent; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, 2-8 × 1.5-4 cm, abaxially sparsely puberulent along veins, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 4 or 5 on each side of midvein and abaxially slightly prominent, base cuneate to attenuate and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire or slightly sinuate, apex shortly acuminate to acute. Inflorescences each of (1-)3 or 4 pedunculate cymes from upper leaf axils, 1-4 cm; inflorescence bracts subulate to linear to oblanceolate to obovate, 3-7.5 × 0.3-1 mm; peduncle 2-5 mm; cymules usually 3 or 4 per cyme; outer bracteoles elliptic to obovate, 5-13 × 3-8 mm, unequal, abaxially puberulent, 3-veined, margin ciliate, apex acute and mucronate; inner bracteoles linear, ca. 5 mm, abaxially hirsute, apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5-3 mm, puberulent. Calyx ca. 5 mm; lobes linear, equal, margin hirsute, apex acuminate. Corolla pale purple, 1-1.2 cm, outside puberulent; tube slender, ca. 6 mm, ca. 1.5 mm wide; limb 2-lipped; lip in lower position ovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, apex entire; lip in upper position oblong, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm, shallowly 3-lobed. Stamens inserted near apex of corolla tube; filaments ca. 4 mm, glabrous; thecae spherical, ca. 1.2 mm in diam., parallel. Ovary pilose at tip; style ca. 1.4 cm. Capsule broadly ellipsoid, ca. 6 mm, puberulent, 4-seeded, apex apiculate. Seeds circular in outline, ca. 2 mm in diam., covered with apically barbed papillae. Fl. Sep-Jan, fr. Nov-Feb. 2n = 26.
Streamsides, trailsides; below 1800 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Bangladesh, India, Vietnam].
This species is used medicinally.This species is used medicinally.

《全国中草药汇编》:狗肝菜

【拼音名】 Gǒu Gān Cài
【别名】 猪肝菜、羊肝菜、青蛇仔、野青仔、小青、六角英、路边青、土羚羊
【来源】 爵床科狗肝菜属植物狗肝菜Dicliptera chinensis （L.） Nees，以全草入药。全年可采，洗净，晒干或鲜用。
【性味】 甘、淡，凉。
【功能主治】 清热解毒，凉血利尿。用于感冒高热，斑疹发热，流行性乙型脑炎，风湿性关节炎，眼结膜炎，小便不利；外用治带状疱疹，疖肿。
【用法用量】 0.5～1两；外用适量，鲜品捣烂敷患处。
【摘录】 《全国中草药汇编》