《中国植物志》|| 石竹科 CARYOPHYLLACEAE ||鹅肠菜属 Myosoton Moench ||鹅肠菜 Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

1. 鹅肠菜（本草纲目） 牛繁缕（中国植物图鉴），鹅肠草、石灰菜（甘肃武都），大鹅儿肠（陕西石泉），鹅儿肠（湖北鹤峰）图版16：1-9
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench, Meth. Pl. 225. 1794; A. R. Clapham in Tutin et al. Fl. Europ. 1: 146. 1964. ——Cerastium aquaticum L. Sp. Pl. 439. 1753. ——Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. , Fl. Carn. 2 (1): 319. 1774; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 67. 1886; E. Pritz. in Engl. 's Bot. Jahrb. 29: 319. 1900; Hand. -Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 188. 1929; Kitagawa, Lineam. Fl. Mansh. 204. 1939; Ohwi, Fl. Jap. 496. 1953; 江苏南部种子植物手册261. 图409. 1959.——Malachium aquaticum (L.) Fries in Fl. Halland. 78. 1817; Ledeb. , Fl. Ross. 1: 416. 1842; Pax et Hoffm.in Engler u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2. Aufl. 16e: 323. 1934; Muravjeva in Kom. Fl. USSR 6: 430. tab. 22. fig. 7. 1935; 中国高等植物图鉴1: 633.图1265. 1972; 秦岭植物志1 (2): 204. 174. 1974; 东北草本植物志3: 12.图版5.图1-4. 1975; 西藏植物志1: 662. 1983.
二年生或多年生草本，具须根。茎上升，多分枝，长50-80厘米，上部被腺毛。叶片卵形或宽卵形，长2.5-5.5厘米，宽1-3厘米，顶端急尖，基部稍心形，有时边缘具毛；叶柄长5-15毫米，上部叶常无柄或具短柄，疏生柔毛。顶生二歧聚伞花序；苞片叶状，边缘具腺毛；花梗细，长1-2厘米，花后伸长并向下弯，密被腺毛；萼片卵状披针形或长卵形，长4-5毫米，果期长达7毫米，顶端较钝，边缘狭膜质，外面被腺柔毛，脉纹不明显；花瓣白色，2深裂至基部，裂片线形或披针状线形，长3-3.5毫米，宽约1毫米；雄蕊10，稍短于花瓣；子房长圆形，花柱短，线形。蒴果卵圆形，稍长于宿存萼；种子近肾形，直径约1毫米，稍扁，褐色，具小疣。花期5-8月，果期6-9月。
产我国南北各省。生于海拔350-2 700米的河流两旁冲积沙地的低湿处或灌丛林缘和水沟旁。北半球温带及亚热带以及北非也有。模式标本采自荷兰。
全草供药用，驱风解毒，外敷治疖疮；幼苗可作野菜和饲料。

《云南植物志》|| 石竹科 Caryophyllaceae nom. conserv. ||鹅肠菜属 Myosoton Moench ||鹅肠菜 Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

1.鹅肠菜 图版34，8—13
牛繁缕（“图鉴”），抽筋草（禄劝），鹅儿肠
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench (1794); Franch. (1884).
Cerastium aquaticum L. (1753); Malachium aquaticum (L.) Fries (1817); "图鉴" (1972)*; 秦岭植物志 (1974)*; 东北草本植物志 (1975)*; 西藏植物志 (1983); Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. (1772); Edgew. et Hook. f. (1874); Forb. et Hemsl. (1886); Diels (1912); Hand. -Mazz. (1929); Mizushima (1966); Hara (1979); Cerastium cordifolium Roxb. (1832).
特征同属。
分布于滇中和滇南，生海拔1000—2800米的田间、路旁、草地、山坡、林缘、林下。本种为世界广布种。
嫩株可食或作饲料；全草药用，有清热、解毒、消肿之功效，外敷可治疖疱等。

《Flora of North America》|| Caryophyllaceae || Myosoton || Myosoton aquaticum

1. Myosoton aquaticum (Linnaeus) Moench, Methodus. 225. 1794.

Cerastium aquaticum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 439. 1753; Alsine aquatica (Linnaeus) Britton; Stellaria aquatica (Linnaeus) Scopoli

Stems 10-100 cm, minutely glandular-pilose distally. Leaf blades 2-3.5(-8.5) × 1-2(-4.4) cm. Pedicels 1-2(-3) cm, minutely glandular-pilose. Flowers: sepals 4-6 mm, to 9 mm in fruit; petals 4-7 mm, mostly exceeding sepals. Capsules 5-10 mm, usually slightly exceeding calyx. 2n = 20(?) (Asia), 28 (Europe, Asia), 29 (Europe).

Flowering spring-fall. Stream banks, low woods, marshes, meadows, occasionally cultivated areas; 100-700 m; introduced; B.C., Ont., Que.; Conn., Del., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis.; Europe; temperate Asia.

Reports of Myosoton aquaticum from Louisiana appear to be based on misidentified specimens of Stellaria cuspidata Willdenow ex Schlechtendal subsp. prostrata (Baldwin) J. K. Morton.

Although occurring over a wide area, Myosoton aquaticum is often noted as rare or occasional in particular states or provinces. Very few collections of this species from the flora area were made prior to 1900; two of the first gatherings were from port areas (Baltimore, Maryland, and as a ballast plant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1877). Its presence outside the Japanese Pavillion at the Philadelphia Centennial Grounds in 1878 (Scribner 50 and 51, MO) suggests an escape from an intentional introduction.

《Flora of China》|| Caryophyllaceae || Myosoton ||鹅肠菜 Myosoton aquaticum

1. Myosoton aquaticum (Linnaeus) Moench, Methodus. 225. 1794.

鹅肠菜 e chang cai

Cerastium aquaticum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 439. 1753; Malachium aquaticum (Linnaeus) Fries; Stellaria aquatica (Linnaeus) Scopoli.

Stems 20--80 cm, weak, apically glandular hairy. Proximal leaves petiolate; distal leaves sessile; leaf blade 2.5--5.5 × 1--3 cm, pubescent or glabrous, base rounded or subcordate, margin undulate, apex acute. Flowers terminal or axillary; bracts leaflike, margin glandular hairy; pedicel 1--2 cm, slender, densely glandular hairy. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 4--5 mm, to ca. 7 mm in fruit, abaxially glandular pubescent, margin narrowly membranous. Petals bifid to base; lobes lanceolate, 3--3.5 mm. Stamens shorter than petals. Ovary ovoid; styles linear. Capsule pendent from spreading pedicel, exceeding sepals. Seeds rusty brown, globose, ca. 1 mm, mammillate. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jun--Aug. 2n = 20*, 28.

Mountain slopes, valleys, forests, floodlands, field margins; 300--2700 m. Throughout China [cosmopolitan].

This species is used medicinally, as a wild vegetable, and as fodder.