中华孩儿草Rungia chinensis Benth.
中华孩儿草Rungia chinensis Benth.
3．中华孩儿草（中国高等植物图鉴）明萼草（台湾植物志）图版40: 1-6
Rungia chinensis Benth. Fl. Hongkong: 266. 1861; Hayata, Icon. Pl. Form. 9: 85. 1920; Yamamoto, Suppl. Icon. Pl. Form. 2: 37. 1926, et in Journ. Trop. Agr. 7: 142. 1935; C. F. Hsieh et T. C. Huang in Taiwania 19(1): 22. 1974, et in Fl. Taiwan. 4: 658. pl. 1145. 1978; ed. 2. 4: 676. Pl. 309. 1998.中国高等植物图鉴4: 176. 1975.
草本，基部匍匐，高达70厘米。茎纤细，4棱，具沟糟。叶具柄，柄长5-15毫米，叶片卵形，椭圆形至椭圆状矩圆形，长2.5-9厘米，宽1.8-3厘米，顶端尖至近渐尖，基部宽楔形，侧脉每边5-6条。穗状花序较疏松，长1-3 (-7)厘米，宽约1.5厘米，顶生或生上部叶腋，具总花梗，长1-2厘米，小穗在花序轴上互生，密集；苞片椭圆形至匙形，长7-8毫米，疏生短柔毛，覆瓦状排列；小苞片2，椭圆形，长约5毫米，具膜质边缘和睫毛；花萼裂片5，条状披针形，长3-4毫米；花冠淡紫蓝色，长约1.5厘米，2唇形，上唇三角形，下唇3裂，外面被白色柔毛；雄蕊2，药室不等高，下方1室具小矩。蒴果长约6毫米，开裂时胎座由蒴底弹起，种子4粒。
产安徽（祁门）、浙江（龙泉、昌化）、江西（石城、宁都、修水、黎川）、福建（长汀、建宁）、台湾（花莲、屏东、台东、南投、嘉义）、香港、广东（鼎湖、广州、连山）、广西（靖西、金秀）。生路旁和溪边。模式标本采自香港。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 19 (2011)
Rungia chinensis Bentham Fl. Hongk. 166. 1861.
中华孩儿草 zhong hua hai er cao
Herbs to 70 cm tall, spreading to erect. Stems slender, 4-angled, sulcate, slightly puberulent, usually rooting at basal nodes. Petiole 0.5-3 cm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-9 × 1.8-3 cm, membranous, glabrous except sparsely hirsute along veins, secondary veins 5 or 6 on each side of midvein, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire or slightly undulate, apex acute to obtuse. Spikes terminal or axillary, 1-7 cm, 2-sided; bracts 4-ranked, all fertile, elliptic, 7-8 × 2-4 mm, margin sparsely ciliate, apex acute; bracteoles elliptic, 4-5 × ca. 2.5 mm, margin membranous and sparsely ciliate, apex mucronate. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 5 mm. Corolla bluish, 6-8 mm, outside slightly pilose and glandular punctate; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes ca. 7 mm; upper lip shallowly dentate. Ovary subglabrous; style ca. 1 cm, glabrous; stigma obtuse. Capsule ovoid, ca. 6 mm, 4-seeded. Seeds lenticular, ca. 1.5 mm wide, minutely tuberculate. Fl. Sep-Oct, fr. Nov-Dec.
Grasslands; 300-1200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Vietnam].
This species is used medicinally.This species is used medicinally.
别名：明萼草;孩儿草;中华海耳草;
科名：爵床科 Acanthaceae
属名：孩儿草属 Rungia
3．中华孩儿草（中国高等植物图鉴）明萼草（台湾植物志）图版40: 1-6
Rungia chinensis Benth. Fl. Hongkong: 266. 1861; Hayata, Icon. Pl. Form. 9: 85. 1920; Yamamoto, Suppl. Icon. Pl. Form. 2: 37. 1926, et in Journ. Trop. Agr. 7: 142. 1935; C. F. Hsieh et T. C. Huang in Taiwania 19(1): 22. 1974, et in Fl. Taiwan. 4: 658. pl. 1145. 1978; ed. 2. 4: 676. Pl. 309. 1998.中国高等植物图鉴4: 176. 1975.
草本，基部匍匐，高达70厘米。茎纤细，4棱，具沟糟。叶具柄，柄长5-15毫米，叶片卵形，椭圆形至椭圆状矩圆形，长2.5-9厘米，宽1.8-3厘米，顶端尖至近渐尖，基部宽楔形，侧脉每边5-6条。穗状花序较疏松，长1-3 (-7)厘米，宽约1.5厘米，顶生或生上部叶腋，具总花梗，长1-2厘米，小穗在花序轴上互生，密集；苞片椭圆形至匙形，长7-8毫米，疏生短柔毛，覆瓦状排列；小苞片2，椭圆形，长约5毫米，具膜质边缘和睫毛；花萼裂片5，条状披针形，长3-4毫米；花冠淡紫蓝色，长约1.5厘米，2唇形，上唇三角形，下唇3裂，外面被白色柔毛；雄蕊2，药室不等高，下方1室具小矩。蒴果长约6毫米，开裂时胎座由蒴底弹起，种子4粒。
产安徽（祁门）、浙江（龙泉、昌化）、江西（石城、宁都、修水、黎川）、福建（长汀、建宁）、台湾（花莲、屏东、台东、南投、嘉义）、香港、广东（鼎湖、广州、连山）、广西（靖西、金秀）。生路旁和溪边。模式标本采自香港。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 19 (2011)
Rungia chinensis Bentham Fl. Hongk. 166. 1861.
中华孩儿草 zhong hua hai er cao
Herbs to 70 cm tall, spreading to erect. Stems slender, 4-angled, sulcate, slightly puberulent, usually rooting at basal nodes. Petiole 0.5-3 cm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-9 × 1.8-3 cm, membranous, glabrous except sparsely hirsute along veins, secondary veins 5 or 6 on each side of midvein, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire or slightly undulate, apex acute to obtuse. Spikes terminal or axillary, 1-7 cm, 2-sided; bracts 4-ranked, all fertile, elliptic, 7-8 × 2-4 mm, margin sparsely ciliate, apex acute; bracteoles elliptic, 4-5 × ca. 2.5 mm, margin membranous and sparsely ciliate, apex mucronate. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 5 mm. Corolla bluish, 6-8 mm, outside slightly pilose and glandular punctate; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes ca. 7 mm; upper lip shallowly dentate. Ovary subglabrous; style ca. 1 cm, glabrous; stigma obtuse. Capsule ovoid, ca. 6 mm, 4-seeded. Seeds lenticular, ca. 1.5 mm wide, minutely tuberculate. Fl. Sep-Oct, fr. Nov-Dec.
Grasslands; 300-1200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Vietnam].
This species is used medicinally.This species is used medicinally.