《中国植物志》|| 石竹科 CARYOPHYLLACEAE ||孩儿参属 Pseudostellaria Pax ||孩儿参 Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax

2. 孩儿参（中国药用植物志） 太子参（本草从新），异叶假繁缕（东北植物检索表）图版14：3-4
Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2. Aufl. 16c: 318. 1934; Kitagawa, Lineam. Fl. Mansh. 200. 1939. (cum f. et var.); Ohwi, Fl. Jap. 493. 1953; 中国高等植物图鉴1: 627.图1254. 1972; 秦岭植物志1 (2): 197.图168. 1974; 东北草本植物志3: 23.图版9.图7-12. 1975; 内蒙古植物志2: 165.图版88.图7-12. 1978; 中国高等植物图鉴补编1: 292. 1982, in clavi.——Krascheninnikowia heterophylla Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. -Bat. 3: 187. 1867; Kom. in Act. Hort. Petrop. 22 (Fl. Mansh. 2): 180. 1903; 东北植物检索表56.图版2. 图4. 1959. ——Stellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 68. 1886. ——St. rhaphanorrhiza Hemsl. in l. c. 23: 69. 1886; Breslau et Limpr. in Fedde, Repert. Sp. Nov. Beih. 12: 364. 1922. ——Krascheninnikowia rhaphanorrhiza (Hemsl.) Korsh. in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 9: 39. et 391. 1898; Kom. in Act. Hort. Petrop. 22 (Fl. Mansh. 2): 180. 1903. ——Pseudostellaria rhaphanorrhiza(Hemsl.) Pax l. c. 318. 1934.
多年生草本，高15-20厘米。块根长纺锤形，白色，稍带灰黄。茎直立，单生，被2列短毛。茎下部叶常1-2对，叶片倒披针形，顶端钝尖，基部渐狭呈长柄状，上部叶2-3对，叶片宽卵形或菱状卵形，长3-6厘米，宽2-17 (-20) 毫米，顶端渐尖，基部渐狭，上面无毛，下面沿脉疏生柔毛。开花受精花1-3朵，腋生或呈聚伞花序；花梗长1-2厘米，有时长达4厘米，被短柔毛；萼片5，狭披针形，长约5毫米，顶端渐尖，外面及边缘疏生柔毛；花瓣5，白色，长圆形或倒卵形，长7-8毫米，顶端2浅裂；雄蕊10，短于花瓣；子房卵形，花柱3，微长于雄蕊；柱头头状。闭花受精花具短梗；萼片疏生多细胞毛。蒴果宽卵形，含少数种子，顶端不裂或3瓣裂；种子褐色，扁圆形，长约1.5毫米，具疣状凸起。花期4-7月，果期7-8月。
产辽宁、内蒙古、河北、陕西、山东、江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、河南、湖北、湖南、四川。生于海拔800-2 700米的山谷林下阴湿处。日本、朝鲜也有。模式标本采自日本。
块根供药用，有健脾、补气、益血、生津等功效，为滋补强壮剂。

《Flora of China》|| Caryophyllaceae || Pseudostellaria ||孩儿参 Pseudostellaria heterophylla

8. Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miquel) Pax, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 16c: 318. 1934.

孩儿参 hai er shen

Krascheninikovia heterophylla Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 187. 1867; K. rhaphanorrhiza (Hemsley) Korshinsky; Pseudostellaria rhaphanorrhiza (Hemsley) Pax; Stellaria heterophylla (Miquel) Hemsley; S. rhaphanorrhiza Hemsley.

Root tubers white, slightly grayish yellow, long fusiform. Stem solitary, erect, (8--)15--20 cm tall, with 2 lines of hairs. Proximal leaves usually 1 or 2 pairs, spatulate or oblanceolate, base attenuate into a petiole, apex obtuse; middle leaves lanceolate, 3--4 cm × 5--8 mm; distal leaves 2 or 3 pairs, decussate, approximate, broadly ovate, 3--6 × 1--2 cm, abaxially pilose at veins, adaxially glabrous, base attenuate, apex acuminate. Chasmogamic flowers axillary, solitary or in cymes; pedicel 1--2(--4) cm, pubescent; sepals 5, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, abaxially pilose and ciliate; petals 5, oblong or obovate, 7--8 mm, margin entire, slightly toothed, or emarginate; stamens 10, shorter than petals; ovary ovoid; styles 3, slightly longer than stamens, stigmas capitate. Cleistogamic flowers axillary, pedicels short; sepals 4, pilose; petals absent; stamens 2; styles 3. Capsule ovoid, unsplit or 3-valved. Seeds brown, oblong-reniform or compressed orbicular, ca. 1.5 mm, tuberculate. Fl. Apr--Jul, fr. Jul--Aug.

Mountain valleys, moist shaded forests; 800--2700 m. Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].

This species is used medicinally.