多荚草Polycarpon postratum (Forsskal) Ascherson. et Schweinfurth

别名：多荚果;

科名：石竹科 Caryophyllaceae

属名：多荚草属 Polycarpon

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  1. 多荚草（广州植物志）图版13：1-3
  Polycarpon prostratum (Forssk.) Aschers. et Schweinw. ex Aschers. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 39: 128. 1889; Hara et al. , Enum. Flow. Pl. Nepal 2: 54. 1979. ——Alsine prostratum Forssk. , Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 207. 1775. ——Loeflingia indica Retz. , Obs. Bot. 4: 8. 1786. ——Polycarpon loeflingiae Benth. et Hook. f. , Gen. Pl. 1: 153. 1862; Edgew. et Hook. f. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 245. 1874; Mizushima in Hara et al. Fl. East. Himal. 81. 1966.——P. indicum (Retz.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. 10: 302. 1915 et Lingnan Sci. Journ. 5: 73. 1927; 广州植物志128. 1956; 海南植物志1: 378. 1964; 中国高等植物图鉴1: 620.图1239. 1972.——Pharnaceum depressum L. , Mant. Pl. 2: 562. 1771.
  一年生草本。主根长，具多数须根。茎丛生，铺散，长10-25厘米，疏生柔毛，稀无毛。叶假轮生，叶片匙形或线状长圆形，长5-15毫米，宽1.5-2.5毫米，顶端尖，基部渐狭，无毛。聚伞花序密簇生，圆锥状；苞片卵形，膜质，透明；花梗短或近无，被细柔毛；萼片狭披针形，长2.5-3毫米，中部厚，深褐色，边缘白色，膜质，顶端钝，外面有脊；花瓣线状长圆形，短于萼片，白色，膜质，透明，顶端全缘；雄蕊5，短于萼片；子房卵形；花柱顶端3裂。蒴果卵形，短于宿存萼；种子长圆形或卵形，直径0.25毫米，淡褐色。花期2-5月，果期5-6月。
  产福建、广东、海南、广西、云南。生于海拔350-1 500米的农田中，不常见。亚洲和非洲热带地区也有。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 6 (2001)
Polycarpon prostratum  (Forssk?l) Ascherson & Schweinfurth
多荚草   duo jia cao
Alsine prostrata Forssk?l, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 207. 1775; Loeflingia indica Retzius; Pharnaceum depressum Linnaeus; Polycarpon indicum (Retzius) E. D. Merrill; P. loeflingii Wight & Arnott ex Bentham.
Plants annual. Stems prostrate or ascending, ± woody at base, 10--25 cm, pubescent or glabrous. Leaf blade obovate or spatulate, 5--15(--25) × 1.5--2.5(--5) mm, glabrous, base attenuate, apex acute. Cymes often axillary, sometimes rather lax, 2--4 cm; bracts stipulelike. Pedicel short or absent, pilose. Sepals lanceolate, 2.5--3(--4) mm, apex obtuse, ± hooded. Petals often fewer than 5, oblong, less than 1/2 as long as sepals, entire. Stamens 3(--5), shorter than sepals. Capsule ovoid, shorter than sepals. Seed light brown, cylindric, with raised lateral hylum, reticulate, ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. Feb--May, fr. May--Jun.
On open sands, farmlands; 300--1500 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [tropical regions of Asia and Africa].